How to Write "House Rent" in Chinese Symbols

Series Summary

In Chinese writing, a character, or symbol is used to represent each individual syllable. There are over 47,00 Chinese characters in total, however many of these are rarely used, and the average person would need to know only about four thousand characters to be literate. Most modern Chinese words contain more than one syllable and therefore require multiple characters to write out. However, a person knowing the meanings of individual characters can often infer the general meaning of a word.

In this free video series, our expert will teach you how to write and pronounce the Chinese symbols for words related to house rental. Learn about the derivation of words like landlord, rent out and apartments. Get tips on writing and pronouncing the Chinese word for expensive, utilities, and transportation with expert tips in this free language lesson video series. If you have ever wanted to learn basic Chinese, let our expert show you everything you will need to know.

Video Transcript

"Words in these series are all about to rent a house, so let's first of all see what is the Chinese for rent-a-house or rent-an-apartment. Zu-fang. In there you rent a house, or you rent an apartment. In Chinese we have one word: zu-fang. Zu is to rent. Fang, actually it comes from the word fang-zi. Fang-zi means house. But, if you rent an apartment in Chinese we also use this word: zu-fang. And zu is a character that you can see in many words in these series. Fang, here you know it's not only for house, it's also for apartment. Zu-fang, to rent a house, or to rent an apartment."