借 jiè
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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) -
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) -
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) -
jiè
verb
to adopt
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '借' 1a, p. 211) -
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) -
jiè
verb
to help; to contribute
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '借' v 6; Kroll 2015 '借' 3, p. 211) -
jiè
verb
to praise
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 赞许 (Guoyu '借' v 4) -
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
- 借光 excuse me ; reflected glory; to profit from somebody else's prestige
- 借券 a receipt for a loan; an IOU
- 借问(借問) [polite] May I ask? ; to inquire; to ask ; suppose one was to ask
- 草船借箭 using straw boats to borrow arrows
- 借古讽今(借古諷今) to use the past to disparage the present
- 借赈(借賑) to borrow
- 借给(借給) to lend to somebody
- 借手 to use somebody else to do something ; to lend a hand; to help
- 借贷(借貸) to borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet
- 外借 to lend (sth other than money); to borrow
- 借火 to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
- 借据合同(借據合同) an agreement for a loan
- 借用 to borrow and use
- 借鉴(借鑒) to use other people's experience; to borrow from a source; to use as reference
- 借此(藉此) using this as a pretext; thereby
- 借过(借過) excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
- 借箸 to borrow chopsticks; to make plans for somebody else
- 借腹生子 surrogate pregnancy
- 凭借(憑借) to rely on; to depend on
- 借意 metaphorically
- 借单(借單) receipt for a loan; written confirmation of a debt; IOU
- 借约(借約) a receipt for a loan; an IOU
- 奖借(獎借) commendation
- 欲借力 ask your help
- 借方 borrower ; debit side; debit to
- 借款人 the borrower
- 借字 a loan character ; a receipt for a loan; an IOU
- 借花献佛(借花獻佛) borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha; to gain favor using somebody else
- 借方差额(借方差額) debit balance
- 借水行舟 to make use of water for navigating a boat; to use external capital for a business
- 借酒浇愁(借酒澆愁) to drown one's sorrows
- 借阅者(借閱者) borrower
- 借债(借債) to borrow money
- 借古喻今 to borrow the past as a model for the present
- 假借 to make use of ; a loan character ; supposing if ; to rely on; to depend on ; lenient; tolerant
- 借水推船 to make use of water to power a ship; to use external capital for a business
- 摘借 to borrow money
- 借据(借據) receipt for a loan
- 借东风(借東風) to use the eastern wind ; to use somebody's help
- 出借 to lend
- 借单儿(借單兒) receipt for a loan; written confirmation of a debt; IOU
- 借助 to get help from
- 借书单(借書單) book slip
- 借记(借記) to debit
- 背城借一 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall; to fight to the last ditch
- 假借义(假借義) the meaning of a phonetic loan character acquired from a similar-sounding word
- 借款 to lend money; to borrow money; loan
- 借入方 borrower; debit side (of a balance sheet)
- 借读(借讀) to attend school on a temporary basis
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- 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
- 第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 11
- 第六十回 Chapter 60 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 11
- 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: 10
- 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
- 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 辞借 (辭借) 不可以虛辭借也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魯仲連鄒陽列傳》 Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang — count: 2
- 借力 (借力) 而借力於國也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 五蠹第四十九 Chapter 49: Five Vermin — count: 2
- 借邑人 (借邑人) 盡借邑人之車 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 2