借口 in English jie4 kou3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to use as an excuse
  • on the pretext
  • excuse
  • pretext

Simplified Characters

借 口

Traditional Characters

借 口

Pinyin

jie4 kou3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

借jie4to lend 口kou3mouth