借

to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)

variant of 借[jie4]

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige

library card

to borrow money

so as to / for the purpose of / in order to

in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place

to lodge

debtor / borrower

book slip

lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom) / fig. to use sb's help

to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)

could I have a word with you? (in private)

metonymy