Borrow and Lent

‘借’ (jiè) means ‘to borrow’ and ‘to lend’. When you have got something from someone temporarily ‘借’ (jiè) means ‘to borrow’, however if you have given something to somebody temporarily ‘借’ (jiè) means ‘to let’(see the article picture). For example, ‘你能借给我点钱吗?’ (nǐ néng jiè gěi wǒ diǎn qián mā?) means ‘can you lend me some money?’, and ‘我借了点钱给他.’ (wǒ jiè le diǎn qián gěi tā) means ‘I have lent him some money’, but if the sentence is like this ‘我借了点钱.’ (wǒ jiè le diǎn qián) it means ‘I have borrowed some money.’. Quite the opposite ‘我借出去了点钱.’(wǒ jiè chū qù le diǎn qián) means ‘ I have lent some money out.’, notice the word ‘出去’ (chū qù) it indicates something is going out, and that is why ‘借’ (jiè) in this sentence means ‘to lend’ instead.
Just remember when you give something out ‘借’ (jiè) means ‘ to lend’, on the contrary when you take something in ‘借’ (jiè) means ‘ to borrow’.