外借

wàijiè

verb

Meanings

HSK 3

这个图书馆每人每次最多可以外借十本书。

Zhège túshūguǎn měi rén měi cì zuìduō kěyǐ wàijiè shí běn shū.

At this library each person can borrow up to ten books at a time.

HSK 6

博物馆的这批文物很少外借给别的展览。

Bówùguǎn de zhè pī wénwù hěnshǎo wàijiè gěi biéde zhǎnlǎn.

The museum rarely lends this collection of artifacts out to other exhibitions.

usage

On library rules and signs it is mostly negative: 不外借 or 不能外借 marks items for use on the premises only, such as reference books and rare editions.

外 wài

借 jiè