出租
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
出租 (chūzū) · to rent out
出租 (chūzū) means “to rent out; for rent”. It is written with 2 characters: 出 (to go out) + 租 (to rent). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 出租 is built
The characters
出 chū · to go out
What 出 is made of
- 屮chè — sprout
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 凵qiǎn — container
Origin hint: A sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
租 zū · to rent
What 租 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 且qiě — moreover
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 月yuè — moon; month
Origin hint: Regularly paid 且 tribute in grain 禾 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这个房子出租吗？Zhège fángzi chūzū ma?Is this house for rent?
我们家有一个房间出租。Wǒmen jiā yǒu yī gè fángjiān chūzū.We have a room for rent at home.
Questions about 出租
What does 出租 mean?
出租 (chūzū) means “to rent out; for rent”.
How do you pronounce 出租?
出租 is pronounced chūzū.
Which HSK level is 出租?
出租 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 出来chūláito come out
- 出去chūqùto go out
- 出发chūfāto set off
- 出国chūguóto go abroad
- 出口chūkǒuexit
- 出门chūménto go out
- 出生chūshēngto be born
- 出现chūxiànto appear
- 出院chūyuànto leave hospital
- 出租车chūzūchētaxi
Learn 出租 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 74: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.