租
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zū · to rent, to lease

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HSK 2.0 · Level 4HSK 3.0 · Level 4Frequency #2332
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10Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 租

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zūWords pronounced zū
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Example sentences

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Nǐ yào bu yào wǒ men gěi nǐ jiào liàng chū zū chē?你要不要我们给你叫辆出租车?

Do you want us to call you a taxi?

Source: Tatoeba #2254253 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bāng wǒ dǎ dào yí liàng chū zū chē.他帮我打到一辆出租车。

He found me a taxi.

Source: Tatoeba #1397014 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de dà bùfen shōu rù fù le zū jīn.他的大部分收入付了租金。

The majority of his income goes to pay his rent.

Source: Tatoeba #1316928 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ dǎ de zhè liàng chū zū chē hěn lǎo, yě hěn xiǎo.我打的这辆出租车很老,也很小。

The taxi I took was very old and small.

Source: Tatoeba #7768192 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā dào le huǒ chē zhàn, jiù jiào le liàng chū zū chē.他到了火车站,就叫了辆出租车。

When he arrived at the train station he called a taxi.

Source: Tatoeba #366881 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zhǐnéng zǒu lù, yīn wèi dǎ bú dào chū zū chē.我只能走路,因为打不到出租车。

There are no taxis, so I must walk.

Source: Tatoeba #1888675 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 租 in context

  1. Say zū, then recall the core meaning: to rent, to lease.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 出租车 (chū zū chē), meaning “taxi”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 租 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.