假借义 |
jiǎ jiè yì |
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字 acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而 originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and") |
假 |
gēi |
used in 假掰 |
假 |
jiǎ |
fake / false / artificial / to borrow / if / suppose |
假 |
jià |
vacation |
假 |
jiǎ |
variant of 假 / to borrow |
假借 |
jiǎ jiè |
to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan |
借 |
jiè |
to borrow / (used in combination with 给 or 出 etc) to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 着) by; with |
借 |
jiè |
variant of 借 |
义 |
Yì |
surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 义大利) |
义 |
yì |
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship |