赁 lìn to rent
to rent; to lease; to hire
怎么记住“赁”: 任 to trust + 贝 sea shell = to rent. Paying in coins with a lucky sea shell on top, the student begs the landlady to trust him, because he needs to rent her attic.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
赁 = 任 to trust + 贝 sea shell
- 任 to trust sound
- 亻 person
- 壬 ninth
- 贝 sea shell meaning
Paying in coins with a lucky sea shell on top, the student begs the landlady to trust him, because he needs to rent her attic.
How it came to be
The shell, once used as money, gives the meaning and the sign for to trust gives the sound.
用法
- To rent/lease/hire, chiefly 租赁 (zūlìn): to rent/lease (设备租赁 equipment leasing, 租赁合同 a lease contract).
- A formal, commercial word for renting. You'll see it on business signage and contracts rather than in casual speech (where 租 zū suffices).