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借jièto borrow; to lend

Theme
Verbs
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
10
Syllable
jie

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.

借 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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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