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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 借

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
借 jiè - to borrow
- (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend
- to make use of; to avail oneself of
- (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
借 jiè - variant of 借[jie4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 2 960 2,033 1,946

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 亻 昔

Radical:

亻

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

昔

Semantic:

亻

Hint:

Person

Other Words Containing 借

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
借 3 2 960 2,033 1,946
借口 5 7 2,209 6,141 4,018
借用 - 7 6,504 12,306 13,344
借助 6 8 10,794 5,682 11,075
凭借 - 8 11,655 3,749 9,283
借光 - - 17,579 70,889 38,966
借机 - - 17,895 16,667 21,569
租借 - - 23,032 16,503 28,160
借鉴 6 6 24,862 5,091 9,629
借宿 - - 25,346 53,277 34,231
借贷 - - 25,832 14,332 17,112
借出 - - 25,867 41,590 38,943
借款 - - 27,094 6,426 21,725
借条 - 9 35,019 - -
借书证 - - 36,130 85,718 67,111
借调 - - 36,275 51,779 70,181
借债 - - 44,015 48,391 53,557
借问 - - 44,184 73,280 38,398
借阅 - - 44,192 37,997 44,367
假借 - - 51,166 30,074 37,981
借火 - - 51,875 - 71,193
借故 - - 57,705 39,256 34,584
借题发挥 - - 63,822 55,355 48,649
借据 - - 67,963 60,070 50,636
借方 - - 67,976 69,015 107,097
续借 - - 74,377 - 73,381
出借 - - 93,631 47,251 59,665
借重 - - 94,307 61,475 85,908