租界 Traditional form: 租界 Pinyin (reading): zūjiè Definitions: foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) Characters: 租 - to rent, to lease; tax, rent 界 - boundary, limit; domain; society, the world Traditional characters: 租 - to rent, to lease; tax, rent 界 - boundary, limit; domain; society, the world