fáng zū
rent
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房租太贵了，我付不起。
Fángzū tài guìle, wǒ fù bù qǐ.
The rent is too expensive, I can't afford it.
我每个月都要交房租。
Wǒ měi gè yuè dōu yào jiāo fángzū.
I have to pay rent every month.
房租已经涨了三次了。
Fángzū yǐjīng zhǎngle sān cìle.
The rent has gone up three times already.
租金 (zū jīn)
rent
房钱 (fáng qián)
rent
房东 (fángdōng)
landlord
租金 (zūjīn)
rent
The Chinese word 房租 (fángzū) for "rent" is composed of two characters: 房 (fáng) and 租 (zū). The character 房 originally meant "house" or "room", and is composed of the radical 宀 (miàn), which represents a roof, and the phonetic component 方 (fāng). The character 租 originally meant "to hire" or "to lease", and is composed of the radical 貝 (bèi), which represents a cowrie shell (an ancient form of currency), and the phonetic component 祖 (zǔ).When combined, the characters 房 and 租 form the compound word 房租, which literally means "house rent" or "room rent". The word 房租 is used to refer to the periodic payment made by a tenant to a landlord for the use of a property, such as an apartment or a house.
