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赁

賃
lìn
verb #80,521

Meanings

  1. 1 to rent
  2. 2 to hire; to lease

Examples

HSK 5
他初到城里，租赁了一间小阁楼。
Tā chū dào chénglǐ, zūlìn le yì jiān xiǎo gélóu.
When he first arrived in the city he rented a small attic room.
HSK 6
公司的办公设备都是租赁的。
Gōngsī de bàngōng shèbèi dōu shì zūlìn de.
The company leases all its office equipment.

Tips

usage
赁 appears mainly in 租赁 ('to lease / rent'), a formal business term. Everyday 'to rent a place to live' is usually just 租.

Components

radical
贝 bèi
cowrie; money
贝 is the shell/money radical (cowries were early currency). Renting and leasing are money transactions, so the money radical carries the commercial sense.
phonetic
任 rèn
to employ
任 supplies the sound (rèn shifting to lìn) and lends a faint meaning flavor: 任 means 'to engage / employ', echoing hiring something for use.

Stroke Order

赁 lìn