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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *借* | 借* | *借
to borrow / (used in combination with 給|给 or etc) to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 著|着) by; with
HSK 2
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
HSK 7-9
to use as an excuse / excuse; pretext
HSK 7-9
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
to rely on / to depend on / by means of / thanks to / sth that one relies on
HSK 7-9
metonymy
receipt for a loan / IOU
HSK 7-9
to lend money / to borrow money / loan
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle
to draw support from / with the help of
HSK 7-9
(honorific) May I ask?
library card
loanword / pretext
to stay with sb / to ask for lodging
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
to lend / to put out a loan
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
to refer to / metaphor
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
(Tw) to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
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)
to lend (sth other than money) / to borrow
to rely on sb for support
to borrow money; to lend money
to borrow money
to look for a pretext
by means of; through; with the help of
to use sth as a metaphor
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
to borrow books to read
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
to find an excuse
calque
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字 acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
(idiom) to drown one's sorrows
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藉* | 藉* | *藉
variant of
HSK 2
to lodge
to borrow
to rent / to lease
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
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
by means of; through; by
to use as pretext
to get an advance on one's pay
lit. to borrow chopsticks / to make plans for sb else
using this as a pretext; thereby
debit card
to lend
to put to a different use / to borrow / (linguistics) borrowing
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige
contract for a loan
to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
to make (or take out) a short-term loan
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
IOU / receipt for a loan
to attend school on a temporary basis
to debit
to make a lot of excuses
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
loan translation / to calque
to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet
lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom) / fig. to use sb's help
to borrow money for a short time
to seize the opportunity
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
concession (territory)
so as to / for the purpose of / in order to
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell
to lend to sb
call loan / short-term loan within banking
receipt for a loan
to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity
extended borrowing (e.g. library renewal)
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
could I have a word with you? (in private)
to borrow the past as a model for the present
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
to borrow money / to take a loan
debit balance (accountancy)
surrogate pregnancy
to borrow money
book slip
the borrower
debtor / borrower
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913
to live out a pointless existence


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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