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借 - jiè

borrow; lend; make pretext of

borrow; lend; make pretext of

How to read 借

Click 借 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinjiè
Englishborrow; lend; make pretext of
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

借代 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 借以. Please read 借位 one more time.

Common words with this character

metonymy
so as to; for the purpose of; in order to
in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
to lodge

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 借 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 借代 and 借以 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 借.