借鏡

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	mirror; lens
trad. (借鏡)		借	鏡
simp. (借镜)		借	镜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ geng³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chioh-kiàⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièjìng
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-ching⁴
    • Yale: jyè-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehjinq
    • Palladius: цзецзин (czeczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ geng³
    • Yale: je geng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ geng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ géng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ kɛːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-kiàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsioh-kiànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioihkviax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁵ kiã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kiã²¹/

Verb

借鏡

1. to use the experience from others as reference; to draw lessons from

Synonyms

• 借鑒／借鉴 (jièjiàn)