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Meaning of 借

Pinyin jiè

Radical

亻

Strokes

Definition

to lend / to borrow / excuse / pretext / by means of

Usage

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借 [jiè] 〈动〉 1. 暂时使用别人的财物等。 [En.] To temporarily use someone else's property, etc. 示例: 借用 (to borrow), 借阅 (to borrow for reading), 借账 (to borrow accounts), 借据 (a loan receipt), 借条 (a loan note). 2. 暂时把财物等给别人使用。 [En.] To temporarily lend property, etc., to someone else. 示例: 借钱给人 (to lend money to someone). 3. 假托。 [En.] To pretend; to act as if. 示例: 借口 (to use as a pretext), 借端 (to act as a pretext), 借故 (to make an excuse), 借代 (to use something as a metaphor), 借景 (to borrow a scene), 借喻 (to use a metaphor). 4. 依靠。 [En.] To rely on; to depend on. 示例: 凭借 (to rely on), 借势 (to take advantage of a situation). 【本义】:借，借进，借出 [En.] Primary meaning: to borrow, to lend. 【造字法】:形声。从人，昔声。 [En.] Phonetic composition: a composite character formed by the meanings of "person" and "past." 1. 借进 ([En.] borrow) 2. 借出 ([En.] lend) 3. 帮助 ([En.] help) 引: 1. 《说文》：借，假也。朱骏声曰:“即藉字之转注。古只作藉。” [En.] "Jie" means to borrow; it is also a pretext. (According to Zhu Junsheng, it is a variant of the character "藉," which was originally written as "藉.") 2. 《广韵》：借，假借也。 [En.] In "Guangyun," it states that "借" also refers to borrowed words. 3. 《晋书·阮裕传》：借无不给。 [En.] In the "Book of Jin," it's stated, "Nothing is lent without return." 4. 宋·王安石《伤仲永》：借旁近与之。 [En.] Song dynasty author Wang Anshi wrote about borrowing nearby resources. 5. 清·袁枚《黄生借书说》：允修借书。 [En.] In the Qing dynasty, Yuan Mei spoke about the permission of borrowing books. 6. 书非借不能读。 [En.] "Books cannot be read without borrowing." 7. 借者之用心。 [En.] Those who borrow must have intentions. 8. 其借书亦类予。 [En.] Those who borrow books are somewhat akin to me. 例: 又如:求借 (to request a loan), 挪借 (temporarily borrowing someone else's money), 借当 (to pawn something), 借当头 (things that will soon be pawned), 借典 (to borrow; to use).

借喻 jiè yù

to use sth as a metaphor

借古喻今 jiè gǔ yù jīn

to borrow the past as a model for the present

借尸还魂 jiè shī huán hún

lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise

拆借 chāi jiè

short-term loan

挪借 nuó jiè

to borrow money for a short time

借口 jiè kǒu

to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext

借鉴 jiè jiàn

to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)

借助 jiè zhù

to draw support from / with the help of

借以 jiè yǐ

so as to / for the purpose of / in order to

借款 jiè kuǎn

to lend money / to borrow money / loan

借着 jiè zhe

借用 jiè yòng

to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use

借贷 jiè dài

to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet

借机 jiè jī

to seize the opportunity

借给 jiè gěi

to lend to sb

借助于 jiè zhù yú

by means of / with the help of / with the aid of / recur to / by feat of

假借 jiǎ jiè

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

借钱 jiè qián

to borrow money / to lend money

租借地 zū jiè dì

concession (territory)

借力 jiè lì

leveraging

凭借着 píng jiè zhe

with / depend on / rely on

借宿 jiè sù

to stay with sb / to ask for lodging

租借 zū jiè

to rent / to lease

借此机会 jiè cǐ jī huì

take this opportunity to / take the opportunity made available to me to

借债 jiè zhài

to borrow money

借酒浇愁 jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu

to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)

凭借 píng jiè

to rely on / to depend on / by means of / thanks to / sth that one relies on

借古讽今 jiè gǔ fěng jīn

to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

借阅 jiè yuè

to borrow books to read