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Characters, words, pinyin or English

将 jiāng going to

going to; a general; will

How to remember 将: 丬 firewood + 𪧷 meat and hand = going to. The camp cook piles up firewood, holds the meat in one hand and tells the hungry kids he is going to grill.

  • 132. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 9 strokes
  • Radical 爿

Component breakdown

将 = 丬 firewood + 𪧷 meat and hand

  • 丬 firewood
  • 𪧷 meat and hand
The Gushi story

The camp cook piles up firewood, holds the meat in one hand and tells the hungry kids he is going to grill.

How it is used

  • Written-style "will / going to" - 将来 (jiānglái) the future, 即将 (jíjiāng) about to: 即将开始 (jíjiāng kāishǐ) about to begin.
  • 将 (jiāng) is the formal counterpart of spoken 会/要 for future events, common in news and notices.
  • In formal writing it can also do the job of 把: 将文件交给他 (jiāng wénjiàn jiāo gěi tā) hand the document to him. Alt reading jiàng = a general (将军); 麻将 (májiàng) mahjong.

Words with 将

Example sentences

  • 会议将推迟到后天。 Huìyì jiāng tuīchí dào hòutiān.The meeting will be postponed to the day after tomorrow.
  • 我将来想当医生。 Wǒ jiānglái xiǎng dāng yīshēng.I want to be a doctor in the future.