租下

zūxià

verb #17,040

Meanings

1 to rent (a place)
2 to lease

Characters

to rent; to lease

down; to secure (resultative)

Literally 'rent down' — the 下 indicates successfully securing the rental.

Examples

他们租下了一间小公寓。

Tāmen zūxià le yī jiān xiǎo gōngyù.

They rented a small apartment.

我想租下这间办公室。

Wǒ xiǎng zūxià zhè jiān bàngōngshì.

I want to rent this office.

Tips

grammar

The 下 here is a resultative complement meaning 'to successfully acquire.' 租下 implies the renting is completed, unlike 租 alone which can mean just 'to rent' in general.

Stroke Order

租 zū

下 xià