How to say “rent” in Chinese
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“Rent” in Chinese is 房租, fáng zū: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
房租 is read fáng zū: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On top, 户 “door”.
On the left, 禾 “grain”: rent used to be paid in grain.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “房租”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 房租. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 房租一个月多少钱fángzūyígeyuèduōshaoqiánHow much is the rent per month?
- 市区的房租比郊区贵shìqūdefángzūbǐjiāoqūguìRent is more expensive in the city than in the suburbs.
- 这里的房租相当贵zhèlǐdefángzūxiāngdāngguìRent here is quite expensive.
- 房租涨到了五千块。fángzūzhǎngdàolewǔqiānkuàiThe rent went up to five thousand yuan.
- 这里的房租相对便宜。zhèlǐdefángzūxiāngduìpiányiThe rent here is relatively cheap.
- 他正为房租发愁呢tāzhèngwèifángzūfāchóuneHe's racking his brains right now over where to get the rent money.
More words from the lesson “Renting a place”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “rent” in Chinese?
“Rent” in Chinese is 房租, pinyin fángzū.
What does 房租 mean?
房租 (fángzū) means “rent”.
How do you write 房租?
房租 is 2 characters: 房 (fáng) — house, room; 租 (zū) — rent, lease. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 房租?
房租 is read fángzū. Tones: fáng — second tone, zū — first tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“rent” in the lesson “Renting a place”
This word is from the topic “Home and neighborhood” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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