将 (jiāng): will, shall, to use
将 (jiāng) is a Chinese character meaning “will.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丬 (structural), 夕 (structural) and 寸 (structural). It ranks #132 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 将 going to bed 丬 at night 夕, a predictable future. Its radical form 寸 (inch) appears in many related characters such as 对 (duì, right), 封 (fēng, to confer), 导 (dǎo, to transmit).
Definitions
- will
- shall
- to use
Etymology & Origin
ideographicGoing to bed 丬 at night 夕, a predictable future
Decomposition: ⿰丬⿱夕寸 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 将
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 将军noun | jiāng jūn | general | 6 |
| 即将adverb | jí jiāng | about to | 5 |
| 将来noun | jiāng lái | in the future | 4 |
| 将要adverb | jiāng yào | will | 4 |
| 将近adverb | jiāng jìn | almost | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上将noun | shàng jiàng | general |
| 必将adverb | bì jiāng | inevitably |
| 准将noun | zhǔn jiàng | brigadier general |
| 少将noun | shào jiàng | major general |
| 麻将noun | má jiàng | mahjong |
| 将士noun | jiàng shì | officers and soldiers |
| 将领noun | jiàng lǐng | high-ranking military officer |
| 健将noun | jiàn jiàng | (archaic) adept and valiant military general |
| 大将noun | dà jiàng | a general or admiral |
| 老将noun | lǎo jiàng | lit. old general |
| 名将noun | míng jiàng | famous general |
| 激将法noun | jī jiàng fǎ | indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task) |
| 运动健将noun | yùn dòng jiàn jiàng | champion-level athlete (title awarded by the General Administration of Sport of China based on performance in interna... |
| 干将noun | gàn jiàng | capable person |
| 过关斩将phrase | guò guān zhǎn jiàng | to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将) |
将 appears in 100 compound words: 32 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 将 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (21)
to continue doing a thing that has been done incorrectly while adapting to the error made
to turn somebody's trick against him; to beat somebody at his own game
Showing 12 of 21 idioms containing 将.
Example Sentences
写好将字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo jiāng zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "将" correctly, one must master the proper stroke order.
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Oman Foreign Minister: The next round of negotiations between the United States and Iran will be held in Geneva on the 26th
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It's not necessarily a bad thing! South Malaysia is relegated to an elite marathon and will return to the essence of experience
你将在箱根待多久？
Nǐ jiāng zài Xiānggēn dāi duōjiǔ?
How long will you stay in Hakone?
你想将头发剪成怎样？
Nǐ xiǎng jiāng tóufa jiǎnchéng zěnyàng?
How do you want your hair cut?
谁将照顾这个婴儿？
Shéi jiāng zhàogu zhège yīng'ér?
Who will take care of the baby?
你什么时候将去亚美尼亚？
Nǐ shénmeshíhou jiāng qù Yàměiníyà?
When will you go to Armenia?
Character Family
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