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借條

简借条 · 繁借條

Mandarin · pinyin jiè tiáo

receipt for a loan
IOU

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借: jiè · borrow; lend; make pretext of
條: tiáo · clause, condition; string, stripe
条: tiáo · clause, condition; string, stripe

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4–2 · jie4 tiao2

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noun

(countable) loan receipt; IOU (Classifier: 張／张 m)

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