借
jiè HSK2

borrow

借 jiè
borrow verb
to borrow; to lend (often in combination with 给 gěi or 出 chū)

我可以借你的钢笔吗？

wǒ kě​yǐ jiè nǐ de gāng​bǐ ma?

Can I borrow your pen?

avail oneself of verb
to make use of; to take advantage of an opportunity or situation

我想借这个机会向你道歉。

wǒ xiǎng jiè zhè gè jī​huì xiàng nǐ dào​qiàn.

I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to you.

by verb
by means of; with the aid of (often followed by 着 zhe)

借着灯光，他在看报纸。

jiè zhe dēng​guāng, tā zài kàn bào​zhǐ.

He is reading the newspaper by the light.

use as pretext noun
to use something as a pretext or excuse to perform an action.

他借酒闹事，到处惹麻烦。

tā jiè jiǔ nào​shì, dào​chù rě má​fan.

He uses alcohol as an excuse to cause trouble everywhere.

Frequency
Character
Written text
984th most common 165.5 per million
Movie subtitles
977th most common 109.2 per million appears in 44% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
94.9 per million appears in 29% of films
Written text
64.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
藉
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+501F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)