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将军

jiāng jūn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 將軍

将军 (jiāng jūn) means "general (military rank)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 将军 means

1. general
2. high-ranking military officer
3. to check or checkmate
4. fig. to embarrass
5. to challenge
6. to put sb on the spot

Other readings

将军 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jiāng jūn(common place name)

The characters in 将军

• 将jiāngwill; shall; to use
• 军jūn(bound form) army; military

Example sentences

• 将军。
  Check.
• 随着无继承人的国王的发疯和王室家族的中毒，将军终于有机会篡夺王位。
  Suízhe wú jìchéngrén de guówáng de fāfēng hé wángshì jiāzú de zhòngdú, jiāngjūn zhōngyú yǒu jīhuì cuànduó wángwèi.
  With the heirless king going crazy and royal family poisoned, the general of the army finally had his chance to usurp the throne.

Words starting with 将军

• 将军肚jiāng jūn dùpotbelly
• 将军肚子jiāng jūn dù zibeer belly (complimentary)

Words containing 将军

• 大将军dà jiāng jūnimportant general; generalissimo
• 上将军shàng jiàng jūntop general; commander-in-chief
• 飞将军Fēi jiāng jūnnickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李广
• 铁将军把门tiě jiāng jūn bǎ ménlit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom); fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
• 矮子里拔将军ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūnlit. choose a general from among the dwarfs; fig. choose the best person available…
• 矬子里拔将军cuó zi lǐ bá jiāng jūnlit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom)…
• 一个将军一个令yī gè jiāng jūn yī gè lìnglit. one general, one order (idiom); fig. every boss has their own rules…

Where 将军 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiǎng–jiāng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiāng jūn correctly.
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