租借

zūjiè

verb #23,032

Meanings

1 to rent
2 to lease
3 to hire

Characters

to rent / to lease / rent (payment)

to borrow / to lend / to make use of

Examples

HSK 5

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.

HSK 7-9

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