借
Pinyin: jiè
to borrow; to lend
Example sentence
我可以借你的笔吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ jiè nǐ de bǐ ma?
May I borrow your pen?
What 借 means
借 (jiè) is a Chinese word meaning “to borrow; to lend”. It belongs to the Daily Actions topic and appears at HSK 3 (and again in HSK 4), so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.