将

Meaningjiāng(adverb, preposition, vocab.word.pos.g)

will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把)

Formal; in speech use 会/要 and 把.

Examples

• 会议将在下午三点开始。

  huì yì jiāng zài xià wǔ sān diǎn kāi shǐ.

  The meeting will start at 3 p.m.

• 请将手机关掉。

  qǐng jiāng shǒu jī guān diào.

  Please switch off your phones.

• 明天将有大雨。

  míng tiān jiāng yǒu dà yǔ.

  There will be heavy rain tomorrow.

Easily confused

• 把 — 将 works like 把 but is formal and written.

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Meaningjiàng(adverb, preposition, vocab.word.pos.g)

(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

Examples

• 他爷爷以前是一名将军。

  tā yé ye yǐ qián shì yì míng jiàng jūn.

  His grandfather used to be a general.

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Meaningqiāng(adverb, preposition, vocab.word.pos.g)

to desire; to invite; to request

Examples

• 古诗里的“将进酒”是“请喝酒”的意思。

  gǔ shī lǐ de “jiāng jìn jiǔ” shì “qǐng hē jiǔ” de yì sī.

  In classical poetry, 将进酒 means 'please drink'.

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