赁 (lìn): to rent
赁 (lìn) is a Chinese character meaning “to rent.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 任 (structural) and 贝 (structural). It ranks #2799 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 赁 someone 任 working for money 贝. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- to rent
Etymology & Origin
ideographicSomeone 任 working for money 贝
Decomposition: ⿱任贝 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
赁 appears in 2 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 赁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这套房子可以租赁，月租三千元。
Zhè tào fángzi kěyǐ zūlìn, yuèzū sānqiān yuán.
This apartment can be rented for three thousand yuan per month.
...属就若干指定污水处理设备及设施订立融资租赁
. . . shǔ jiù ruò gān zhǐ dìng wū shuǐ chǔ lǐ shè bèi jí shè shī dìng lì róng zī zū lìn
...机巡航、精准“取证”,33余亩涉农土地租赁纠纷一日化解
. . . jī xún háng , jīng zhǔn qǔ zhèng , 3 3 yú mǔ shè nóng tǔ dì zū lìn jiū fēn yī rì huà jiě
...中环解密】影星黄晓明捞过界 入股机械人租赁平台
. . . zhōng huán jiě mì yǐng xīng huáng xiǎo míng lāo guò jiè rù gǔ jī xiè rén zū lìn píng tái
...[Central District Insider] Movie Star Huang Xiaoming Expands His Business Horizons by Investing in a Robot Rental Platform
...t以1153万美元收购12处美国邮政局租赁物业
. . . t yǐ 1 1 5 3 wàn měi yuán shōu gòu 1 2 chǔ měi guó yóu zhèng jú zū lìn wù yè
...acquired 12 properties leased from the U.S. Postal Service for $11.53 million
...斥1.2万租两房 尺租近29元|二手楼租赁
. . . chì . wàn zū liǎng fáng chǐ zū jìn yuán èr shǒu lóu zū lìn
Splurging $1,200 on a two-bedroom rental: Nearly $29 per square foot | Secondary Market Leasing
这家汽车租赁公司提供了优质的客服业务。
Zhè jiā qìchē zūlìn gōngsī tígōng le yōuzhì de kèfú yèwù.
The car rental agency provided excellent customer service.
Character Family
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