jiǎ

variant of 假[jia3]

to borrow

person (亻) + borrow (叚) = to borrow

叚 originally depicted borrowing or taking something temporarily; the person radical grounds the act of borrowing as something a human does. Together they capture the idea of using what is not truly yours.

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A personSemantic
To borrowSemantic

借朋友的名义来骗人。

tā jiǎ jiè péng yǒu de míng yì lái piàn rén。

he used his friend's name as a pretext to deceive people.

你不能手于人来完成自己的工作。

nǐ bù néng jiǎ shǒu yú rén lái wán chéng zì jǐ de gōng zuò。

you cannot rely on others' hands to complete your own work.

Words with 假

假唱

jiǎ chàng

to lip-sync (singing)

皇冠假日酒店

huáng guān jià rì jiǔ diàn

Crowne Plaza (hotel chain)

通假

tōng jiǎ

phonetic loan character

通假字

tōng jiǎ zì

phonetic loan character

造假

zào jiǎ

to counterfeit

连续统假设

lián xù tǒng jiǎ shè

(math.) the continuum hypothesis

销假

xiāo jià

to report back after a period of absence

长假

cháng jià

long vacation

陪产假

péi chǎn jià

paternity leave

蜜月假期

mì yuè jià qī

honeymoon

不假思索

bù jiǎ sī suǒ

(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip

久假不归

jiǔ jiǎ bù guī

to fail to return a borrowed item

More characters with 亻