借 jiè

1. jiè verb to borrow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '借'; Guoyu '借' v 1; Kroll 2015 '借' 1, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '借', p. 103; Unihan '借'; XHZD '借' 1, p. 350)
2. jiè verb to lend
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '借'; Guoyu '借' v 2; Kroll 2015 '借' 1, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '借', p. 103; Unihan '借'; XHZD '借' 2, p. 350)
3. jiè verb to rely on; to make use of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 利用 (CC-CEDICT '借'; Guoyu '借' v 4; Kroll 2015 '借' 1b, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '借', p. 103; XHZD '借' 4, p. 350)
4. jiè verb to adopt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '借' 1a, p. 211)
5. jiè adverb if it were
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '借' adv; Kroll 2015 '借' 2, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '借', p. 104)
6. jiè verb to help; to contribute
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '借' v 6; Kroll 2015 '借' 3, p. 211)
7. jiè verb to praise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 赞许 (Guoyu '借' v 4)
8. jiè verb to make an excuse; make pretext of
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '借', p. 103; Unihan '借'; XHZD '借' 3, p. 350)

Contained in

• 借腹生子 surrogate pregnancy
• 借如 supposing if
• 借钱(借錢) to borrow money
• 借此(藉此) using this as a pretext; thereby
• 借条(借條) receipt for a loan; IOU
• 借记(借記) to debit
• 借阅(借閱) to borrow books to read
• 找借口 to look for a pretext
• 借记卡(借記卡) debit card
• 欲借力 ask your help
• 借命 to live out a pointless existence
• 挪借 to borrow money for a short time
• 借题发挥(借題發揮) to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas; to use something as a pretext to make a fuss
• 借住 to lodge
• 借读(借讀) to attend school on a temporary basis
• 借水行舟 to make use of water for navigating a boat; to use external capital for a business
• 借宿 to temporarily stay with; to ask for lodging
• 借赖(借賴) to rely
• 建筑借款(建築借款) construction loan
• 借机(借機) to seize the opportunity
• 续借(續借) extended borrowing (e.g. library renewal)
• 借约(借約) a receipt for a loan; an IOU
• 借书单(借書單) book slip
• 借问(借問) [polite] May I ask? ; to inquire; to ask ; suppose one was to ask
• 借阅者(借閱者) borrower
• 借词推搪(藉詞推搪) to make a lot of excuses
• 背城借一 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall; to fight to the last ditch
• 借古讽今(借古諷今) to use the past to disparage the present
• 借鑑 borrowing the words and actions of someone else as a model
• 借花献佛(借花獻佛) borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha; to gain favor using somebody else
• 假借义(假借義) the meaning of a phonetic loan character acquired from a similar-sounding word
• 草船借箭 using straw boats to borrow arrows
• 借支 to get an advance on one's pay
• 借古喻今 to borrow the past as a model for the present
• 奖借(獎借) commendation
• 借光 excuse me ; reflected glory; to profit from somebody else's prestige
• 借款 to lend money; to borrow money; loan
• 借赈(借賑) to borrow
• 借位 to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
• 外借 to lend (sth other than money); to borrow
• 借故 to find an excuse
• 借东风(借東風) to use the eastern wind ; to use somebody's help
• 借尸还魂(借屍還魂) reincarnated in somebody else's body; a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
• 借入方 borrower; debit side (of a balance sheet)
• 借字儿(借字兒) IOU; receipt for a loan
• 出借 to lend
• 借口 to use as an excuse ; an excuse
• 假借字 loan character
• 借词(借詞) a loanword ; an excuse; a pretext

Also contained in

善后借款 、 移借

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第五十九回 Chapter 59 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 22
• 卷一百五十三 志第一百〇六 輿服五 Volume 153 Treatises 106: Carriages and Clothes 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 第六十回 Chapter 60 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 11
• 第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 11
• 卷一百五十九 志第一百十二 選舉五 Volume 159 Treatises 112: Selection and appointment of Officials 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 8
• 卷二百六十五 列傳第一百五十三 范景文 倪元璐 李邦華 王家彥 孟兆祥 施邦曜 淩義渠 Volume 265 Biographies 153: Fan Jingwen, Ni Yuanlu, Li Banghua, Wang Jiayan, Meng Zhaoxiang, Shi Bangyao, Ling Yiqu History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
• 卷一百九十八 志第一百五十一 兵十二 Volume 198 Treatises 151: Military 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷一百七十六 志第一百二十九 食貨上四 Volume 176 Treatises 129: Finance and Economics 1d History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 第十一回 Chapter 11 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 7

Collocations

• 借兵 (借兵) 借兵於楚伐魏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《趙世家》 House of Zhao — count: 10
• 借人 (借人) 則借人也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 8
• 欲借 (欲借) 謀欲借兵兼併兩昆彌 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十六下 西域傳 Volume 96b: Traditions of the Western Regions 2 — count: 5
• 借道 (借道) 而借道乎虞也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 借使 (借使) 借使秦王論上世之事 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 借臣 (借臣) 人君以情借臣之患也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 二柄第七 Chapter 7: Two Handles — count: 4
• 借宠 (借寵) 欲借寵時賢以為名 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十六 伏侯宋蔡馮趙牟韋列傳 Volume 26: Biographies of Fu, Hou, Song, Cai, Feng, Zhao, Mou, Wei — count: 3
• 权借 (權借) 一曰權借在下 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II — count: 2
• 借秦 (借秦) 借秦為諭 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十一 賈鄒枚路傳 Volume 51: Jia, Zou, Mei and Lu — count: 2
• 借路 (借路) 王將借路於仇讎之韓 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《春申君列傳》 Biography of Lord Chunshen — count: 2