赁 meaning and stroke order
To rent, to lease; to hire; employee
How to write 赁, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 赁
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to rent
How 赁 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. Someone 任 working for money 贝.
Radical: 贝 (sea shell), shared by 63 characters on this site.
How to remember 赁
On top is 任 (rèn), a person taking on a job, and below is 贝 (bèi), the shell that stands for money. A person who takes on work for money, or who pays money to use something, gives you 赁 (lìn), to hire or to rent.
赁 is rarely used alone in modern speech. It mostly appears in formal or business words like 租赁 (zūlìn), which covers leasing of cars, equipment, and property. Example: 这家公司做汽车租赁。(Zhè jiā gōngsī zuò qìchē zūlìn.) This company does car leasing.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 赁 (lìn) with 凭 (píng, to rely on), which also has 任 on top but 几 below instead of 贝. Remember that 贝 means money, so the one about renting is 赁.
Common words with 赁
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 租赁 | zūlìn | to rent; to lease; to hire | HSK 7-9 |
赁 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 赁
How many strokes are in 赁?
赁 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 赁 mean?
赁 (lìn) means to rent, to lease; to hire; employee. A common word with it is 租赁 (zūlìn), meaning "to rent; to lease; to hire".
How do you pronounce 赁?
赁 is pronounced lìn, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 赁?
The radical of 赁 is 贝, which carries the idea of "sea shell". Dictionaries list 赁 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 赁?
The traditional form of 赁 is 賃. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 赁 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 赁 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 赁 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 租 and 赁?
租 (zū) is the everyday word for renting, as in 租房子 (zū fángzi), to rent an apartment. 赁 sounds more formal and usually appears together with 租 in the compound 租赁, often in contracts and business settings.
How do you say rental contract or leasing company with 赁?
A lease contract is 租赁合同 (zūlìn hétong), and a leasing company is 租赁公司 (zūlìn gōngsī). These are common terms in legal and commercial Chinese.