租赁 (zūlìn) · to rent

租赁 (zūlìn) means “to rent; to lease; leasing”. It is written with 2 characters: 租 (to rent) + 赁 (to rent). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).

How 租赁 is built

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

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)

What 赁 is made of

任rèn — to trust
- 亻rén — person
- 壬rén — 9th heavenly stem
  - 丿 — falling stroke
  - 士shì — scholar
贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person

我们租赁了一辆车去旅行。Wǒmen zūlìn le yī liàng chē qù lǚxíng.We rented a car for the trip.

这家公司提供房屋租赁服务。Zhèjiā gōngsī tígōng fángwū zūlìn fúwù.This company offers house rental services.

What does 租赁 mean?

租赁 (zūlìn) means “to rent; to lease; leasing”.

How do you pronounce 租赁?

租赁 is pronounced zūlìn.

Which HSK level is 租赁?

租赁 is in Old HSK 6.

Learn 租赁 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 249: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.