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假
借
義
[－－
义
]
Jyutping
gaa2 ze3 ji6
Pinyin
jiǎ jiè yì
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")