Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

假借

jiǎjiè

ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

  1. 1to make use of
  2. 2to use sth as pretext
  3. 3under false pretenses
  4. 4under the guise of
  5. 5masquerading as
  6. 6lenient
  7. 7tolerant
  8. 8loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
  9. 9character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
  10. 10also called phonetic loan

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