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将

jiāng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 將

What 将 means

1. will
2. shall
3. to use
4. to take
5. to checkmate
6. just a short while ago
7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as {把|bǎ})

Other readings

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

• jiànga general; to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to
• qiāngto desire; to invite; to request

Example sentences

• 将军。
  Check.
• 将死了。
  Checkmate.
• 血色将至。
  Xuèsè jiāngzhì.
  There will be blood.
• 珍将唱歌吗？
  Will Jane sing?
• 将近三点了。
  It's nearly three o'clock.
• 她将生孩子。
  She is going to have a baby.

Words starting with 将

• 将来jiāng láiin the future; future; the future
• 将军jiāng jūngeneral; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate
• 将近jiāng jìnalmost; nearly; close to
• 将要jiāng yàowill; shall; to be going to
• 将领jiàng lǐnghigh-ranking military officer
• 将士jiàng shìofficers and soldiers
• 将帅jiàng shuàicommander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
• 将就jiāng jiuto accept (a bit reluctantly); to put up with
• 将会jiāng huìauxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable)
• 将计就计jiāng jì jiù jìto beat sb at their own game (idiom)
• 将息jiāng xī(literary) to rest; to recuperate
• 将心比心jiāng xīn bǐ xīnto put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
• 将至jiāng zhìto be about to arrive; to be around the corner
• 将死jiāng sǐto checkmate (in chess); to be about to die
• 将官jiàng guāngeneral
• 将才jiàng cáitalented field commander (military)
• 将令jiàng lìng(old; military) a command; an order
• 将伯qiāng bóto ask for assistance
• 将伯之助qiāng bó zhī zhùassistance that one gets from another
• 将错就错jiāng cuò jiù cuòlit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake…
• 将功补过jiāng gōng bǔ guòto make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
• 将今论古jiāng jīn lùn gǔto observe the present to study the past
• 将牌jiàng páitrump (suit of cards)
• 将乐县Jiāng lè XiànJiangle, a county in Sanming City 三明市

Words containing 将

• 即将jí jiāngabout to; on the point of; soon
• 麻将má jiàngmahjong
• 必将bì jiānginevitably
• 上将shàng jiànggeneral; admiral; air chief marshal
• 中将zhōng jiànglieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
• 大将dà jiànga general or admiral
• 名将míng jiàngfamous general; (sports) renowned athlete
• 大将军dà jiāng jūnimportant general; generalissimo
• 少将shào jiàngmajor general; rear admiral; air vice marshal
• 小将xiǎo jiàng(in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age…
• 老将lǎo jiànglit. old general; commander-in-chief 将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess…
• 门将mén jiàngofficial gatekeeper; goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)
• 行将xíng jiāngready to start on sth; about to act
• 武将wǔ jiànggeneral; military leader; fierce man
• 干将gàn jiàngcapable person
• 女将nǚ jiàngfemale general; (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
• 主将zhǔ jiàngcommander-in-chief (military); star player (sports); key figure (in an organization)
• 健将jiàn jiàng(archaic) adept and valiant military general; skilled athlete; top player…
• 虎将hǔ jiàngvaliant general
• 猛将měng jiàngfierce general; valiant military leader; fig. brave individual
• 点将diǎn jiàngto appoint a general (in theater); fig. to appoint sb for a task
• 副将fù jiàngdeputy general
• 爱将ài jiàngtrusted lieutenant
• 或将huò jiāngwill perhaps; may (in the future)

Characters that look like 将

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 挤jǐto crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside
• 骆luòcamel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 拂fúto flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over
• 挎kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

Sounds the same

Read jiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 江river
• 疆border; boundary
• 僵rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
• 姜ginger
• 浆thick liquid; to starch
• 矼stone bridge
• 缰bridle; reins; halter
• 豇used in 豇豆
• 茳used in 茳芏
• 礓a small stone
• 橿Quercus glauca
• 螀cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)