| 借 | jiè | to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of; to seize (an opportunity); to take (an opportunity) |
| 借款 | jiè kuǎn | loan |
| 借助 | jiè zhù | to draw support from; with the help of |
| 借口 | jiè kǒu | to use as an excuse; on the pretext |
| 借以 | jiè yǐ | so as to; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 借方 | jiè fāng | borrower; debit side (of a balance sheet) |
| 借用 | jiè yòng | to borrow sth for another use; to borrow an idea for one's own use |
| 借鉴 | jiè jiàn | to use other people's experience; to borrow from a source; to use as reference |
| 借贷 | jiè dài | to borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet |
| 借债 | jiè zhài | to owe |
| 借故 | jiè gù | to find an excuse |
| 借光 | jiè guāng | Excuse me.; reflected glory; to profit from sb else's prestige |
| 借据 | jiè jù | receipt for a loan |
| 借端 | jiè duān | to use as pretext |
| 借调 | jiè diào | temporary transfer (of personnel) |
| 借代 | jiè dài | melonomy (rhetoric device of using one thing to stand for another) |
| 借位 | jiè wèi | in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place |
| 借住 | jiè zhù | to lodge |
| 借债人 | jiè zhài rén | debtor; borrower |
| 借入方 | jiè rù fāng | borrower; debit side (of a balance sheet) |
| 借出 | jiè chū | to lend |
| 借刀杀人 | jiè dāo shā rén | 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) |
| 借势 | jiè shì | to borrow sb's authority; to seize an opportunity |
| 借取 | jiè qǔ | to borrow |
| 借古喻今 | jiè gǔ yù jīn | to borrow the past as a model for the present |
| 借古讽今 | jiè gǔ fěng jīn | to use the past to disparage the present (idiom) |
| 借命 | jiè mìng | to live out a pointless existence |
| 借问 | jiè wèn | (honorific) May I ask? |
| 借单 | jiè dān | receipt for a loan; written confirmation of a debt; IOU |
| 借单儿 | jiè dānr | receipt for a loan; written confirmation of a debt; IOU |
| 借喻 | jiè yù | to use sth as a metaphor |
| 借契 | jiè qì | contract for a loan |
| 借字 | jiè zì | a word that takes another's meaning |
| 借字儿 | jiè zìr | IOU; receipt for a loan |
| 借宿 | jiè sù | to stay with sb; to ask for lodging |
| 借尸还魂 | jiè shī huán hún | lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise |
| 借手除敌 | jiè shǒu chú dí | to use a proxy to eliminate a rival (idiom) |
| 借指 | jiè zhǐ | to refer to; metaphor |
| 借支 | jiè zhī | to get an advance on one's pay |
| 借方差额 | jiè fāng chā é | debit balance (accountancy) |
| 借书 | jiè shū | borrow books |
| 借书单 | jiè shū dān | book slip |
| 借书证 | jiè shū zhèng | library card |
| 借东风 | jiè dōng fēng | lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom); fig. to use sb's help |
| 借条 | jiè tiáo | receipt for a loan; IOU |
| 借机 | jiè jī | to seize the opportunity |
| 借款人 | jiè kuǎn rén | the borrower |
| 借火 | jiè huǒ | to borrow a light (for a cigarette) |
| 借箸 | jiè zhù | lit. to borrow chopsticks; to make plans for sb else |
| 借给 | jiè gěi | to lend to sb |
