借款

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	section; paragraph; funds
trad. (借款)		借	款
simp. #(借款)		借	款
alternative forms		借欵／借款

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièkuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ fun²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zioh⁴ kuang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièkuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièkuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-kʻuan³
    • Yale: jyè-kwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehkoan
    • Palladius: цзекуань (czekuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ kʰu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ fun²
    • Yale: je fún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ fun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ fun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ fuːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zioh⁴ kuang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsioh khuáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sioʔ²⁻⁴ kʰuaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

借款

1. loan (of money)

Verb

借⫽款 (verb-object)

1. to loan or borrow money

Japanese

Kanji in this term
借	款
しゃく > しゃっ Grade: 4	かん Grade: S
goon	on'yomi

Etymology

借(しゃく) (shaku, “debt”) + 款(かん) (kan, “agreement”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠k̚kã̠ɴ]

Noun

借(しゃっ)款(かん) • (shakkan) 

1. loan

References

• “借款”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026