LEND OUT 借出
GIVE something to someone, ASSUMING that s/he will GIVE it BACK.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
LEND
commodare refers to the conventional act of giving something to someone on the understanding that it will be given back after use. Commodatio is thus a friendship transaction.
mutuum dare refers to the conventional act of giving something to someone on the understanding that the equivalent of it will be given back at a certain time. Mutuum datio is a matter of business.
Words (6 items)
借 jiè OC: skjaags MC: tsɣɛ 11 Attributions
The standard word for lending something out is jiè 借 (ant. huán 還).
- Syntactic words
- vtoNlend out; LY: let someone borrow (e.g. a horse); guliang: borrow; request to borrow (right of way)pronunciation differs between borrow and lend; Jiang Shaoyu (1989), 152 [JP]
- vtt(oN1.)+N2:-V[0]lend a contextually determinate object (to someone) (for V-ing) LY: 借人乘之 "lent it to him to ride"
- vttoN1.+N2lend out to N1 the commodity N2; grant (someone N1) the temporary use of (something N2), delegate out to
- {vtt...}mathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
- {vtt...}passiveget lent out to
假 jiǎ OC: kraaʔ MC: kɣɛ 10 Attributions
Jiǎ 假 is the granting or requesting permission to use something, and the word is often somewhat more abstract than jiè 借.
- Syntactic words
- vadNlent-out (funds)
- vtoNlend out (something) to others
- vttoN1.+N2lend out (something N2) (to someone N1) 假我道
貸 dài OC: lʰɯɯɡs MC: thəi 4 Attributions
Dài 貸 is a technical fiscal term referring to the giving of loans, typically from some institution or public body.
- Syntactic words
- nobjecta loan
- vt+prep+Nmake loans to (a recipient)
- vtt(oN1.)(+N2)lend out
- vttoN1.+N2lend out N2 to N1
債 zhài OC: skreeɡs MC: ʈʂɣɛ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNlend out
籍 jiè MC: -- OC: -- 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vttoN1+.vtoN2lend N2 to N1
- vttoN1.+N2lend N1 to the recipient N2
賒 shē OC: l̥a MC: ɕɣɛ 0 Attributions
Shē 賒 is to sell on credit, but the term is rare.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNZHOULI SSJ 738: lend out on credit; buy or sell on credit [Note that the original form of this character had 余 on the right.]