Definition
租房 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to rent an apartment or house'. You can insert 了, 过, or a time expression between 租 and 房: 租了房 ('rented an apartment'), 租过房 ('have rented before'), 租一年房 ('rent for a year'). The object (房) is the thing being rented, and the person you rent from is introduced with 向 or 跟.
v
to rent an apartment (or house)
Examples
- 租房。Wǒ xiǎng zài zhège xiǎoqū zū fáng.I want to rent an apartment in this neighborhood.
- 。Wǒ qùnián zài zhège xiǎoqū zū le fáng.I rented an apartment in this neighborhood last year.
- 租房。Tā dǎsuàn zū fáng yì nián.He plans to rent an apartment for a year.
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