借光

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (借光)		借	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ gwong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièguang
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-kuang¹
    • Yale: jyè-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehguang
    • Palladius: цзегуан (czeguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ gwong¹
    • Yale: je gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

借光

1. to benefit from reflected glory
2. (polite, usually imperative) excuse me (when enquiring)
3. (polite, usually imperative) excuse me; please make a way (when requesting to pass somebody)

See also

• 對不起／对不起 (duìbùqǐ)
• 勞駕／劳驾 (láojià)
• 請問／请问 (qǐngwèn)