Meaning
(will; shall; "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get
Chinese: 将要；读 jiàng 时表示将领。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “jiang” becomes a different word in each tone. 将 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 将来jiāng láiin the future; future; the future
- 将近jiāng jìnalmost; nearly; close to
- 即将jí jiāngabout to; on the point of; soon
- 将要jiāng yàowill; shall; to be going to
- 将军jiāng jūngeneral; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass
Example Sentence
比赛将在明天举行。Bǐ sài jiāng zài míng tiān jǔ xíng.The match will be held tomorrow.
比赛Bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc)将jiāngwill在zàiat明天míng tiāntomorrow举行jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremo。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Simplified from 將. Read jiāng it means ‘will, about to; to take/hold; with’; read jiàng it means ‘a general, military commander’ (将军).
A way to remember it
jiāng = about to / 把; jiàng = a general (将军).