借 (jiè) means Borrow (lend - use). Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我想 借 你的词典用一下。
Wǒ xiǎng jiè nǐ de cídiǎn yòng yíxià.
I'd like to borrow your dictionary for a moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 借
这本书是从图书馆 借 的。
Zhè běn shū shì cóng túshūguǎn jiè de.
This book was borrowed from the library.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 借
借 的书请按时归还。
Jiè de shū qǐng ànshí guīhuán.
Please return borrowed books on time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 归还
他以生病为 借 口没来。
Tā yǐ shēngbìng wéi jièkǒu méi lái.
He used illness as an excuse not to come.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 借口
我们可以 借 鉴他们的经验。
Wǒmen kěyǐ jièjiàn tāmen de jīngyàn.
We can draw on their experience.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 借鉴
他 借 助字典读完了这本书。
Tā jièzhù zìdiǎn dú wán le zhè běn shū.
He finished this book with the help of a dictionary.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 借助
他是不得已才向朋友 借 钱的。
Tā shì bùdéyǐ cái xiàng péngyou jièqián de.
He only borrowed money from a friend because he had no choice.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不得已
这个方案 借 鉴了国外的做法。
Zhège fāng'àn jièjiàn le guówài de zuòfǎ.
This plan draws on practice from abroad.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 借鉴
借 助工具，工作效率提高了很多。
Jièzhù gōngjù, gōngzuò xiàolǜ tígāo le hěn duō.
With the help of tools, efficiency improved a great deal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 借助
Reading these is one thing; producing 借 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
同事让我帮忙，我答应；朋友 借 钱，我答应；周末有活动，我也答应。
tóngshì ràng wǒ bāngmáng, wǒ dāying; péngyou jiè qián, wǒ dāying; zhōumò yǒu huódòng, wǒ yě dāying.
A colleague asked for help, I agreed; a friend wanted to borrow money, I agreed; something was on at the weekend, I agreed to that too.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
Words that contain 借
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 借
How is 借 used in a sentence?
This page shows 13 sentences using 借 (jiè, "Borrow (lend - use)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 借 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 借 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 借 an HSK word?
Yes — 借 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 借?
The dictionary page for 借 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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