"Borrowing" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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借入  borrowing
移借 yí jiè to put to a different use / to borrow / (linguistics) borrowing
慰安妇 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 / "ianfu")
基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
续借 xù jiè extended borrowing (e.g. library renewal)
垫补 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack
味噌 wèi cēng miso (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味噌 / "miso") / also pr. [wei4 zeng1]
鸟居 niǎo jū torii (gateway of a Shinto shrine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 / "torii")
拿来主义 ná lái zhǔ yì the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
从维和账户借款  borrowing from peacekeeping missions / borrowing from peacekeeping operations / borrowing from peacekeeping
交叉借款  cross-borrowing / internal borrowing
内部借款 nèi bù jiè kuǎn cross-borrowing / internal borrowing
外部商业借款  outside commercial borrowing
商业借款  commercial borrowing
出汁 chū zhī dashi (soup stock used in Japanese cuisine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese)
视奸 shì jiān (neologism) to leer / to stare lecherously / to follow the social media posts of sb who would rather you stay out of their life / (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 視姦 / "shikan")
感性工学 gǎn xìng gōng xué kansei engineering (product design that aims to engender specific subjective responses in the consumer) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 感性工学 / "kansei kougaku")
手筋 shǒu jīn flexor tendon (coll.) / tesuji (a skillful move in the game of Go) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 手筋 / "tesuji")
森林浴 sēn lín yù forest bathing: spending time in a forest, walking or deep-breathing etc, as therapy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 森林浴 / "shinrin'yoku")
社畜 shè chù (coll.) corporate drone (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社畜 / "shachiku")
少子化 shǎo zǐ huà declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 / "shoushika")
断舍离 duàn shě lí (neologism c. 2012) decluttering / minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 / "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")
结界 jié jiè (Buddhism) to designate the boundaries of a sacred place within which monks are to be trained / a place so designated / (fantasy fiction) force field / invisible barrier (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界 / "kekkai")
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