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借 jiè

to borrow; to lend

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 3
Radical
亻
Traditional
藉
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 亻昔 ⿰亻昔

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  1. 我想跟你借一本书。
    Wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ jiè yì běn shū.
    I want to borrow a book from you.
    I want with you borrow one (measure) book
  2. 你能借我一点儿钱吗？
    Nǐ néng jiè wǒ yìdiǎnr qián ma?
    Can you lend me some money?
    you can lend I a-bit money (question)
  3. 我们可以借鉴他们的经验。
    Wǒmen kěyǐ jièjiàn tāmen de jīngyàn.
    We can learn from their experience.
    we can take-example-from they (particle) experience
  4. 他没有找借口。
    Tā méiyǒu zhǎo jièkǒu.
    He didn't look for an excuse.
    he not-have find excuse
  5. 图书馆里，他借了几本书。
    Túshūguǎn lǐ, tā jièle jǐ běn shū.
    At the library, he borrowed a few books.
    library inside, he borrow(particle) several (measure) book

Words with 借 (4)