借 Stroke Order — How to Write 借

Stroke Order

借 is written in 10 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 亻, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

借 Radical and Character Components

Components:亻昔

借 is a phono-semantic compound: 亻 (person) carries the meaning, while 昔 indicates the sound.

Radical: 亻 + 8 more strokes

借 Pronunciation and Pinyin

jiè

Meanings of 借 in Chinese

jiè借

To borrow; to use something belonging to someone else temporarily.

我能借你的书看一看吗？

Can I borrow your book to have a look?

To temporarily give money or other items to someone for their use.

我借给朋友一笔钱应急

I lent a friend some money for an emergency.

To use something as a pretext or an excuse; to make a rhetorical point by using an unrelated topic; to capitalize on a situation.

他总是喜欢借题发挥，把小事说成大事。

He always likes to use a given topic as an excuse to elaborate on his own views, blowing small matters out of proportion.

To rely on, to take advantage of, or to leverage external resources or opportunities.

他很懂得借力发力，在项目推进中总是能高效完成任务。

He truly understands how to leverage resources, enabling him to always complete tasks efficiently during project advancement.

Common Words and Phrases with 借

jiè借cí词

A word adopted from another language.

许多现代科技词汇都是从英语中吸收过来的借词。

Many modern scientific and technological terms are loanwords adopted from English.

jiè借dài代

Metonymy: A figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it.

他靠笔杆子谋生。

He earns a living with his pen.

jiè借dài贷

Borrowing and lending (money); debit and credit.

许多小企业通过银行进行借贷，以维持日常运营和扩大业务。

Many small businesses engage in borrowing and lending through banks to maintain daily operations and expand their business.

jiè借dāo刀shā杀rén人

To murder with a borrowed knife; to make use of another person to get rid of an adversary.

为了避免直接冲突，他选择了借刀杀人的策略，让另一个团队去处理棘手的任务。

To avoid direct confrontation, he chose the strategy of 'borrowing a knife to kill someone,' letting another team handle the thorny task.

jiè借diào调

to second (staff); to temporarily transfer (staff)

她被借调到项目组，负责协调各项工作。

She was seconded to the project team to coordinate various tasks.

jiè借dú读

To study at a school on a temporary basis, usually due to household registration or other reasons, without being formally enrolled.

由于户口不在本市，小明只能在附近的学校借读。

Due to his household registration not being in this city, Xiao Ming can only attend a nearby school as a guest student.

jiè借duān端

to use something as a pretext or an excuse

小明总是借端不交作业，老师为此感到很头疼。

Xiao Ming always uses excuses not to hand in his homework, which gives the teacher a headache.

jiè借fāng方

In accounting, it refers to the debit side of an account, where debit entries are recorded.

在会计分录中，增加资产通常在借方登记

In accounting entries, an increase in assets is typically recorded on the debit side.

jiè借gǔ古fěng讽jīn今

To use the past to disparage the present; to criticize contemporary events by ostensibly discussing historical ones.

这部电影巧妙地借古讽今，通过描绘一个古代村落的日常生活，影射了现代都市人普遍存在的沟通障碍。

This film cleverly uses historical allusions to subtly criticize contemporary issues, reflecting the widespread communication barriers among modern city dwellers by depicting the daily life of an ancient village.

jiè借gù故

to find an excuse