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假借義 (gaa2 ze3 ji6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

假借義 (gaa2 ze3 ji6, 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")

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 假使間 (gaa2 si2 gaan1) — If;perhaps
• 假 (gaa3) — holiday; leave of absence
• 假假哋 (gaa2 gaa2 dei2) — At least
• 假假地 (gaa2 gaa2 dei6) — seems to be fake (spoken)
• 假單 (gaa3 daan1) — leave request
• 假期 (gaa3 kei4) — holiday

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