租借 (zūjiè): to rent

Meanings

1 to rent
2 to lease
3 to hire

Characters

租

zū

to rent / to lease / rent (payment)

借

jiè

to borrow / to lend / to make use of

Examples

他们租借了一间办公室开展业务。

Tāmen zūjiè le yī jiān bàngōngshì kāizhǎn yèwù.

They rented an office to conduct business.

香港曾是英国的租借地。

Xiānggǎng céng shì Yīngguó de zūjiè dì.

Hong Kong was once a British leased territory.

Tips

usage

租借地 (zūjiè dì) refers to a 'leased territory', a term used historically for colonial concessions such as Hong Kong. The compound 租借 can also appear in international law contexts as 'concession' or 'leasehold.'

Stroke Order

租 zū

借 jiè

Related Words

租 zū HSK 2 #1,987

to rent; to lease

出租 chūzū HSK 2 #5,927

to rent out / for hire

租赁 zūlìn HSK 7-9 #14,116

to rent / to lease / to hire

租金 zūjīn HSK 6 #7,363

rent (payment) / rental fee

租用 zūyòng #16,851

to rent / to lease / to hire

房租 fángzū HSK 3 #4,077

rent (for housing)

租下 zūxià #17,040

to rent (a place) / to lease

租房 zūfáng #33,512

to rent an apartment / to rent housing

借口 jièkǒu HSK 7-9 #2,209

excuse / pretext

出租车 chūzūchē HSK 2 #1,750

taxi / cab