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jiè
to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext
🔤 Pictophonetic: 亻 (person) provides meaning, 昔 provides pronunciation
HSK 3 ✏️ 10 strokes Very Common • Top 10%

Words Using 借 (84)

jiè
HSK 3
to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)
借口
jièkǒu
HSK 5
to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext
借助
jièzhù
HSK 6
to draw support from / with the help of
借鉴
jièjiàn
HSK 6
to use other people's experience / to borrow from a source / to use as reference
借用
jièyòng
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
借此
jiècǐ
using this as a pretext / thereby
借光
jièguāng
Excuse me. / reflected glory / to profit from sb else's prestige
借出
jièchū
to lend
租借
zūjiè
to rent / to lease
假借
jiǎjiè
to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods [[六書|六书]] of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
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