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賃
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赁
🇨🇳

hire

HSK 10 N2
Society →Economy
lìn
チン
임
Someone 任 working for money 貝
Components
Traditional (賃)
任 appoint+ 貝 shellfish =
賃 hire
任 Meaning component
rèn appoint
trust to, rely on, appoint
貝 Meaning component
shellfish
Simplified (赁)
任 appoint+ 贝 sea shell =
赁 rent
任 Meaning component
rèn appoint
trust to, rely on, appoint
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
Notes
Similar Characters
凭 lean (simp)赁 hire (simp)恁 like荏 soft寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)嗩 flute-like (trad)真 true
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
賃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
赁 / 賃 [lìn]
to rent
Japanese
賃 ちん 同音
nounn-suf hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight; wages; payment
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
租赁 [zū​lìn] #14,116
to rent
自驾租赁 [zì​jià​zū​lìn]
self-drive hire (of a car etc)
JAPANESE WORDS (106)
⭐ 家賃 [やちん] #10,914
rent
⭐ 賃金 [ちんぎん] #23,770
wages
⭐ 運賃 [うんちん] #43,212
(passenger) fare
駄賃 [だちん] #43,423
reward
⭐ 賃貸 [ちんたい] #45,518
leasing (out)
手間賃 [てまちん] #46,841
payment (for labour)
電車賃 [でんしゃちん] #51,514
train fare
お駄賃 [おだちん] #52,068
little something
賃料 [ちんりょう] #62,062
rent
木賃宿 [きちんやど] #63,965
cheap lodging house
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KOREAN WORDS (6)
임대 #42,271
lending
무임
being free of charge
운임
fare; freight charge
임대 주택
rental house
임대료
rent
저임금
low wage