HSK 4 HSK C2/W2/V2
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Strokes

Collocation

1
租房
2
租书
3
租车
4
租礼堂
5
租场地
6
租金
7
收租
8
交租
9
月租
10
房租

Definition

租 is a Verb, which means [ to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out ] .

租 also is a Noun, which means [ rent / land tax ].

Example

As a Verb.
1
Zài
běijīng
北京
fángzi
租房子
tài
guì
le
  
,
yào
5000
5000
kuài
yuè
  

Renting a house in Beijing is too expensive, costing 5,000 yuan a month.

2
xiǎng
zài
xuéxiào
学校
jìn
附近
biàn
便宜
diǎnr  
点儿
de
fángzi
房子
  

I want to rent a cheaper house near the school.

3
tào
fáng
房子
zhōng
终于
chū
出去
le
  

The house was finally rented out.

4
Zánmen
咱们
liàng
rénchē
人力车
guàngguang
逛逛
běijīng
北京
tòng
胡同
  
,
zěnmeyàng
怎么样
  
?

How about renting a rickshaw to visit the Beijing hutongs?

5
tào
gōng
公寓
xiàlai
下来
le
  
,
míngtiān
明天
jiù
可以
zhù
入住
le
  

He rented out the apartment and was ready to move in tomorrow.

As a Noun.
6
men
我们
zhèrměi
这儿
sān
yuè
jiāo
fáng
  
房租
  

We pay our rent here every three months.

7
xiǎng
zài
gōng
公司
jìn
附近
zhǎo
tào
yuè
月租
3000
3000
yuán
zuǒyòu
左右
de
gōng
公寓
  

He wants to find an apartment near the company with a monthly rent of about 3,000 yuan.