借jièto borrow; to lend
How 借 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
我可以借你的书吗?
Wǒ kěyǐ jiè nǐ de shū ma?
May I borrow your book?
- 我wǒI
- 可以kěyǐcan
- 借jièto borrow; to lend
- 你nǐyou
- 的depossessive particle
- 书shūbook
- 吗maquestion particle
这本书是我借的。
Zhè běn shū shì wǒ jiè de.
I borrowed this book.
- 这zhèthis
- 本běnmeasure word for books
- 书shūbook
- 是shìto be
- 我wǒI
- 借jièto borrow; to lend
- 的depossessive particle
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 接jiēto meet; to answer (a call)
- 节jiéfestival; joint
- 戒