Renting a House in Tâi-gí

Have you ever rented a house? With Jocelyn joining us this week, we’ll talk about the essential words for apartment hunting in Tâi-gí.

●Words to know:

1. 稅厝 suè-tshù (v.) rent a house

2. 厝稅 tshù-suè (n.) rent

3. 厝頭家 tshù-thâu-ke (n.) landlord

4. 房間 pâng-king (n.) bedroom

5. 厝邊 tshù-pinn (n.) neighbor

●Idiom of the week:

千金買厝，萬金買厝邊。

Tshian-kim bé tshù, bān kim bé tshù-pinn.

(You can buy a house with a thousand gold pieces, but you need ten thousand gold pieces to buy a good neighbor.)