Dictionary - results for 借

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
借	借	jiè	- to lend - to borrow - by means of - to take (an opportunity)
借	藉	jiè	- variant of 借[jie4]
借代	借代	jièdài	- metonymy
借以	借以	jièyǐ	- so as to - for the purpose of - in order to
借位	借位	jièwèi	- in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
借住	借住	jièzhù	- to lodge
借债	借債	jièzhài	- to borrow money
借光	借光	jièguāng	- Excuse me. - reflected glory - to profit from sb else's prestige
借出	借出	jièchū	- to lend
借助	借助	jièzhù	- to draw support from - with the help of
借势	借勢	jièshì	- to borrow sb's authority - to seize an opportunity
借取	借取	jièqǔ	- to borrow
借口	借口	jièkǒu	- to use as an excuse - on the pretext - excuse - pretext
借命	借命	jièmìng	- to live out a pointless existence
借问	借問	jièwèn	- (honorific) May I ask?
借单	借單	jièdān	- receipt for a loan - written confirmation of a debt - IOU
借喻	借喻	jièyù	- to use sth as a metaphor
借契	借契	jièqì	- contract for a loan
借字	借字	jièzì	- see 通假字[tong1 jia3 zi4]
借宿	借宿	jièsù	- to stay with sb - to ask for lodging
借指	借指	jièzhǐ	- to refer to - metaphor
借据	借據	jièjù	- receipt for a loan
借支	借支	jièzhī	- to get an advance on one's pay
借故	借故	jiègù	- to find an excuse
借方	借方	jièfāng	- borrower - debit side (of a balance sheet)
借条	借條	jiètiáo	- receipt for a loan - IOU
借机	借機	jièjī	- to seize the opportunity
借款	借款	jièkuǎn	- to lend money - to borrow money - loan
借火	借火	jièhuǒ	- to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
借用	借用	jièyòng	- to borrow sth for another use - to borrow an idea for one's own use
借端	借端	jièduān	- to use as pretext
借箸	借箸	jièzhù	- lit. to borrow chopsticks - to make plans for sb else
借给	借給	jiègěi	- to lend to sb
借记	借記	jièjì	- to debit
借词	借詞	jiècí	- loanword - pretext
借调	借調	jièdiào	- to temporarily transfer (personnel)
借读	借讀	jièdú	- to attend school on a temporary basis
借贷	借貸	jièdài	- to borrow or lend money - debit and credit items on a balance sheet
借账	借賬	jièzhàng	- to borrow money - to take a loan
借过	借過	jièguò	- excuse me
借重	借重	jièzhòng	- to rely on sb for support
借钱	借錢	jièqián	- to lend money - to borrow money
借镜	借鏡	jièjìng	- to use other people's experience - to borrow from a source - to use as reference
借鉴	借鑒	jièjiàn	- to use other people's experience - to borrow from a source - to use as reference
借阅	借閱	jièyuè	- to borrow books to read
假借	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
出借	出借	chūjiè	- to lend - to put out a loan
凭借	憑借	píngjiè	- to rely on - to depend on - by means of - thanks to - sth that one relies on
拆借	拆借	chāijiè	- short term loan
挪借	挪借	nuójiè	- to borrow money for a short time
摘借	摘借	zhāijiè	- to borrow money
租借	租借	zūjiè	- to rent - to lease
移借	移借	yíjiè	- to put to a different use - to borrow - (linguistics) borrowing
续借	續借	xùjiè	- extended borrowing (e.g. library renewal)
借此	藉此	jiècǐ	- using this as a pretext - thereby
借债人	借債人	jièzhàirén	- debtor - borrower
借入方	借入方	jièrùfāng	- borrower - debit side (of a balance sheet)
借单儿	借單兒	jièdānr	- receipt for a loan - written confirmation of a debt - IOU
借字儿	借字兒	jièzìr	- IOU - receipt for a loan
借书单	借書單	jièshūdān	- book slip
借书证	借書證	jièshūzhèng	- library card
借东风	借東風	jièdōngfēng	- lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom) - fig. to use sb's help
借款人	借款人	jièkuǎnrén	- the borrower
借记卡	借記卡	jièjìkǎ	- debit card
假借字	假借字	jiǎjièzì	- 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
假借义	假借義	jiǎjièyì	- borrowed meaning
找借口	找借口	zhǎojièkǒu	- to look for a pretext
租借地	租借地	zūjièdì	- concession (territory)
以免借口	以免藉口	yǐmiǎnjièkǒu	- to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
借刀杀人	借刀殺人	jièdāoshārén	- to lend sb a knife to kill sb - to get sb else to do one's dirty work - to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
借古喻今	借古喻今	jiègǔyùjīn	- to borrow the past as a model for the present
借古讽今	借古諷今	jiègǔfěngjīn	- to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
借尸还魂	借屍還魂	jièshīhuánhún	- lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
借方差额	借方差額	jièfāngchāé	- debit balance (accountancy)
借腹生子	借腹生子	jièfùshēngzǐ	- surrogate pregnancy
借花献佛	借花獻佛	jièhuāxiànFó	- lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property - plagiarism
借资挹注	借資挹注	jièzīyìzhù	- to make use of sth in order to make good the deficits in sth else (idiom)
借酒浇愁	借酒澆愁	jièjiǔjiāochóu	- to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)
借题发挥	借題發揮	jiètífāhuī	- to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas - to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
同业拆借	同業拆借	tóngyèchāijiè	- call loan - short term loan within banking
善后借款	善後借款	shànhòujièkuǎn	- reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913
背城借一	背城借一	bèichéngjièyī	- to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch - to put up a desperate struggle
草船借箭	草船借箭	cǎochuánjièjiàn	- lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義\|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) - fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
借词推搪	藉詞推搪	jiècítuītáng	- to make a lot of excuses
好借好还，再借不难	好借好還，再借不難	hǎojièhǎohuán,zàijièbùnán	- see 有借有還，再借不難\|有借有还，再借不难 [you3 jie4 you3 huan2 , zai4 jie4 bu4 nan2]
有借有还，再借不难	有借有還，再借不難	yǒujièyǒuhuán,zàijièbùnán	- return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)