房租
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
房租 (fángzū) · rent
房租 (fángzū) means “rent”. It is written with 2 characters: 房 (building) + 租 (to rent). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 房租 is built
The characters
房 fáng · building
What 房 is made of
- 户hù — door
- 丶 — dot
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 户 gives the meaning, 方 gives the sound. (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
这里的房租很贵。Zhèlǐ de fángzū hěn guì.The rent here is expensive.
你每个月房租多少钱？Nǐ měi gè yuè fángzū duōshao qián?How much rent do you pay each month?
Questions about 房租
What does 房租 mean?
房租 (fángzū) means “rent”.
How do you pronounce 房租?
房租 is pronounced fángzū.
Which HSK level is 房租?
房租 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 房间fángjiānroom
- 房子fángzihouse
- 住房zhùfánghousing
- 房东fángdōnglandlord
- 房屋fángwūhouse
- 厨房chúfángkitchen
- 健身房jiànshēnfánggym
- 出租chūzūto rent out
- 出租车chūzūchētaxi
- 租赁zūlìnto rent
Learn 房租 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 92: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.