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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

借出

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiè chū

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lend/lɛnd/
verbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"请把你的笔借给我一下。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To grant the temporary use of something, typically money or an object, on the condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

    "Could you please lend me your pen for a moment?"
  2. 2

    To bestow or contribute a quality, attribute, or support to something.

    "The warm lighting helps to lend a cozy atmosphere to the room."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English verb 'lænan', meaning 'to grant, lend, or give temporarily', which comes from Proto-Germanic '*lēnijaną' (to lend) and is related to the noun 'loan'. Over centuries, the term evolved phonetically from Middle English 'lenden' to the modern form, maintaining its core sense of providing temporary use of something, typically money.

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