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借用

借用

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	to use
simp. and trad. (借用)		借	用

Verb

借用

to borrow (e.g. an object, a word, etc.)
to use something for another purpose

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jièyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ jung⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chia-yung
Min Nan (POJ): chioh-iōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jièyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehyonq
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze³ jung⁶
  - Yale: je yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ jung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ jʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chia-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: jia iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jia⁴ yung⁴
  - IPA: /t͡ɕi̯a⁵⁵ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chia-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: jia (r)iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jia⁴ yung⁴
  - IPA: /t͡ɕi̯a⁵⁵ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: tsioh-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioih'iong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)⁵ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ iɔŋ³³/