租房

zūfáng

verb #33,512

Meanings

1 to rent an apartment
2 to rent housing

Characters

house; apartment

Examples

我刚来北京，还在租房。

Wǒ gāng lái Běijīng, hái zài zūfáng.

I just got to Beijing and I'm still renting.

在这个城市租房越来越贵。

Zài zhège chéngshì zūfáng yuèláiyuè guì.

Renting in this city is getting more and more expensive.

Tips

grammar

Verb-object compound that can split: 租了两年房 (rented for two years). To rent OUT is 出租; to rent IN is 租 or 租入.

Stroke Order

租 zū

房 fáng