"假借" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 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 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan |   | |
Results beginning with 假借 | ||||
| 假借义 | jiǎ jiè yì | the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and") | | |
| 假借字 | jiǎ jiè zì | loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan | | |
