群租

qúnzū
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to rent to a crowd of tenants
  2. 2 group-rental (an overcrowded sublet)

Examples

Zhèngfǔ jìnzhǐ qúnzū, yīnwèi cúnzài ānquán yǐnhuàn.
The government bans group-rentals because they pose safety hazards.
Zhè tào fángzi bèi èrfángdōng qúnzū gěi le shí jǐ gè rén.
This flat has been group-rented by the sub-landlord to over a dozen people.

Tips

culture
群租 is a loaded term in Chinese cities — it describes the practice of a middleman (二房东) chopping one flat into many tiny rooms and cramming in ten-plus tenants. Banned in Beijing and Shanghai since the 2010s after several fatal fires in 群租 units.

Stroke Order

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