Chinese word

转租

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhuǎn zū

Meaning

  • verbsublet

Example

房东不让我们转租房子。fáng dōng bú ràng wǒ men zhuǎn zū fáng zi

The landlord won't let us sublet the apartment.

Illustration for 转租 (sublet)

More examples

学生把宿舍转租给了别人，赚了一点钱。xué shēng bǎ sù shè zhuǎn zū gěi le bié rén zhuàn le yì diǎn qián

The student sublet the dorm room to someone else and made a little money.

Core concept

A tenant lets a third party use something that the tenant already rents, creating a new link in the rental arrangement.

Common phrases

  • 转租房间zhuǎn zū fáng jiān

    sublet a room

  • 擅自转租shàn zì zhuàn zū

    sublet without permission

  • 转租出去zhuǎn zū chū qù

    sublet out

Similar words

出租chū zū: Letting a property or space to another person for payment.
转借zhuǎn jiè: Lending something borrowed from someone to another person.
合租hé zū: Renting and sharing a home or room with other people.
分租fēn zū: Renting out only part of a home or other property.

Definition in Chinese

把自己租来的房屋或物品再次租给别人，即将租赁权转移给第三方的行为。bǎ zì jǐ zū lái de fáng wū huò wù pǐn zài cì zū gěi bié rén jí jiāng zū lìn quán zhuǎn yí gěi dì sān fāng de xíng wéi

Word origin

转租 (zhuǎnzū, "sublet") combines 转 (zhuǎn, "transfer") with 租 (zū, "rent") to express transferring rented use to another person.

Usage tips

  • In ordinary rental talk, the first tenant may still remain responsible under the original agreement, so permission and contract terms matter before a new occupant moves in.

Other meanings

  • reletverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 转租人zhuǎn zū rénsubletternoun
  • 转租协议zhuǎn zū xié yìsublease agreementnoun

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