I borrow money.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
借钱
to borrow money; to lend money
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to borrow money; to lend money
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 借钱 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 借钱 appears in 18 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I borrowed money from my father.
He borrowed money from his friend.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 借钱.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 借钱.
Directly before
- 他借钱3
- 我借钱2
- 应该借钱2
- 只借钱1
- 人借钱1
Directly after
- 借钱给6
- 借钱的1
- 借钱还1
- 借钱不太好1
- 借钱是1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 借钱
What does 借钱 mean in Chinese?
借钱 (jièqián) means to borrow money; to lend money.
How do you pronounce 借钱?
借钱 is pronounced jièqián.
Is 借钱 an HSK word?
借钱 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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