Meaning of 房租
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- rent for a room or house
How to use 房租
房租 is the everyday word for the rent you pay on an apartment or room. It often appears with verbs like 交 (jiāo, to pay) or 付 (fù, to pay), and with words like 贵 (guì, expensive). Example: 这里的房租很贵。(Zhèlǐ de fángzū hěn guì.) The rent here is very expensive.
房 (fáng) means house or room, as in 房子 (fángzi), and 租 (zū) means to rent, as in 出租 (chūzū). Put them together and you get the money you pay to rent a house: 房租.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 房租 as a verb meaning "to rent a house," but it is only a noun. For the action, say 租房子 (zū fángzi) or 租房 (zū fáng). Also keep the tones straight: fáng is second tone and zū is first tone.
房租 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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房 fáng · building · 8 strokes
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租 zū · to hire · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 房租.
| 房子 | fángzi | house; building (single- or two-story) |
| 房间 | fángjiān | room |
| 出租车 | chūzūchē | taxi; (Tw) rental car |
| 出租 | chūzū | to rent |
| 住房 | zhùfáng | housing |
| 房屋 | fángwū | house; building |
| 房东 | fángdōng | landlord |
| 厨房 | chúfáng | kitchen |
| 病房 | bìngfáng | ward (of a hospital); sickroom |
| 租金 | zūjīn | rent |
| 书房 | shūfáng | study (room); studio |
| 楼房 | lóufáng | a building of two or more stories |
Questions about 房租
What does 房租 mean?
房租 (fángzū) means "rent for a room or house" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 房租?
房租 is made of 2 characters: 房 (8 strokes), 租 (10 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 房租 an HSK word?
Yes. 房租 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do I say "pay rent" in Chinese?
Say 交房租 (jiāo fángzū) or 付房租 (fù fángzū). For example, 我每个月交房租。(Wǒ měi gè yuè jiāo fángzū.) I pay rent every month.
What is the difference between 房租 and 租金?
房租 is specifically rent for a house, apartment or room. 租金 (zūjīn) is a more general word for rental fees, and it can also cover things like cars, shops or equipment.