jie4
to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity)

jie4
variant of 借

strokes 10
radical
strokes after radical 8
背城借一 背城借一 bei4 cheng2 jie4 yi1
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 cao3 chuan2 jie4 jian4
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

拆借 拆借 chai1 jie4
short-term loan

出借 出借 chu1 jie4
to lend; to put out a loan

好借好还,再借不难 好借好還,再借不難 hao3 jie4 hao3 huan2 - zai4 jie4 bu4 nan2
see 有借有還,再借不難|有借有还,再借不难

假借 假借 jia3 jie4
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 c

假借义 假借義 jia3 jie4 yi4
borrowed meaning

假借字 假借字 jia3 jie4 zi4
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

借出 借出 jie4 chu1
to lend

借词 借詞 jie4 ci2
loanword; pretext

借词推搪 藉詞推搪 jie4 ci2 tui1 tang2
to make a lot of excuses

借此 藉此 jie4 ci3
using this as a pretext; thereby

借贷 借貸 jie4 dai4
to borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet

借代 借代 jie4 dai4
metonymy

借单 借單 jie4 dan1
receipt for a loan; written confirmation of a debt; IOU

借单儿 借單兒 jie4 dan1 er5
receipt for a loan; written confirmation of a debt; IOU

借刀杀人 借刀殺人 jie4 dao1 sha1 ren2
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)

借调 借調 jie4 diao4
to temporarily transfer (personnel)

借东风 借東風 jie4 dong1 feng1
lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom); fig. to use sb's help

借读 借讀 jie4 du2
to attend school on a temporary basis

借端 借端 jie4 duan1
to use as pretext

借方 借方 jie4 fang1
borrower; debit side (of a balance sheet)

借方差额 借方差額 jie4 fang1 cha1 e2
debit balance (accountancy)

借腹生子 借腹生子 jie4 fu4 sheng1 zi3
surrogate pregnancy

借给 借給 jie4 gei3
to lend to sb

借古讽今 借古諷今 jie4 gu3 feng3 jin1
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

借古喻今 借古喻今 jie4 gu3 yu4 jin1
to borrow the past as a model for the present

借故 借故 jie4 gu4
to find an excuse

借光 借光 jie4 guang1
Excuse me.; reflected glory; to profit from sb else's prestige

借过 借過 jie4 guo4
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)

借花献佛 借花獻佛 jie4 hua1 xian4 fo2
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property; plagiarism

借火 借火 jie4 huo3
to borrow a light (for a cigarette)

借机 借機 jie4 ji1
to seize the opportunity

借记 借記 jie4 ji4
to debit

借记卡 借記卡 jie4 ji4 ka3
debit card

借鉴 借鑒 jie4 jian4
to use other people's experience; to borrow from a source; to use as reference

借镜 借鏡 jie4 jing4
to use other people's experience; to borrow from a source; to use as reference

借酒浇愁 借酒澆愁 jie4 jiu3 jiao1 chou2
to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)

借据 借據 jie4 ju4
receipt for a loan

借口 借口 jie4 kou3
to use as an excuse; on the pretext; excuse; pretext

借款 借款 jie4 kuan3
to lend money; to borrow money; loan

借款人 借款人 jie4 kuan3 ren2
the borrower

借命 借命 jie4 ming4
to live out a pointless existence

借契 借契 jie4 qi4
contract for a loan

借钱 借錢 jie4 qian2
to borrow money; to lend money

借取 借取 jie4 qu3
to borrow

借入方 借入方 jie4 ru4 fang1
borrower; debit side (of a balance sheet)

借尸还魂 借屍還魂 jie4 shi1 huan2 hun2
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise

借势 借勢 jie4 shi4
to borrow sb's authority; to seize an opportunity

借书单 借書單 jie4 shu1 dan1
book slip

借书证 借書證 jie4 shu1 zheng4
library card

借宿 借宿 jie4 su4
to stay with sb; to ask for lodging

借题发挥 借題發揮 jie4 ti2 fa1 hui1
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas; to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss

借条 借條 jie4 tiao2
receipt for a loan; IOU

借位 借位 jie4 wei4
in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place

借问 借問 jie4 wen4
(honorific) May I ask?

借以 借以 jie4 yi3
so as to; for the purpose of; in order to

借用 借用 jie4 yong4
to borrow sth for another use; to borrow an idea for one's own use

借喻 借喻 jie4 yu4
to use sth as a metaphor

借阅 借閱 jie4 yue4
to borrow books to read

借债 借債 jie4 zhai4
to borrow money

借债人 借債人 jie4 zhai4 ren2
debtor; borrower

借账 借賬 jie4 zhang4
to borrow money; to take a loan

借支 借支 jie4 zhi1
to get an advance on one's pay

借指 借指 jie4 zhi3
to refer to; metaphor

借重 借重 jie4 zhong4
to rely on sb for support

借住 借住 jie4 zhu4
to lodge

借助 借助 jie4 zhu4
to draw support from; with the help of

借箸 借箸 jie4 zhu4
lit. to borrow chopsticks; to make plans for sb else

借资挹注 借資挹注 jie4 zi1 yi4 zhu4
to make use of sth in order to make good the deficits in sth else (idiom)

借字 借字 jie4 zi4
see 通假字

借字儿 借字兒 jie4 zi4 er5
IOU; receipt for a loan

挪借 挪借 nuo2 jie4
to borrow money for a short time

凭借 憑借 ping2 jie4
to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; sth that one relies on

善后借款 善後借款 shan4 hou4 jie4 kuan3
reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913

同业拆借 同業拆借 tong2 ye4 chai1 jie4
call loan; short-term loan within banking

续借 續借 xu4 jie4
extended borrowing (e.g. library renewal)

移借 移借 yi2 jie4
to put to a different use; to borrow; (linguistics) borrowing

以免借口 以免藉口 yi3 mian3 jie4 kou3
to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)

有借有还,再借不难 有借有還,再借不難 you3 jie4 you3 huan2 - zai4 jie4 bu4 nan2
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)

摘借 摘借 zhai1 jie4
to borrow money

找借口 找借口 zhao3 jie4 kou3
to look for a pretext

租借 租借 zu1 jie4
to rent; to lease

租借地 租借地 zu1 jie4 di4
concession (territory)