将 - jiāng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 4 - Medium
9 strokes
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将 (將)

jiāng

Definition

will
shall
to use
to take
to checkmate
just a short while ago

Other pronunciations

将	jiàng	general commander-in-chief (military) king (chess piece) to command to lead
将	qiāng	to desire to invite to request

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

锵

qiāng

tinkling of small bells

螀

jiāng

cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)

Related words (21)

将会

jiāng huì

auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to

将军

jiāng jūn

general; admiral; high-ranking military officer; to check (in chess); to embarrass; to put someone on the spot; to challenge

将就

jiāng jiu

to accept (a bit reluctantly); to put up with

将息

jiāng xī

(literary) to rest; to recuperate

将来

jiāng lái

future; in the future

将死

jiāng sǐ

to checkmate (in chess); to be about to die

将要

jiāng yào

will; shall; to be going to

将近

jiāng jìn

almost; nearly; close to

potbelly

to observe the present to study the past

将信将疑

jiāng xìn jiāng yí

half believing, half doubting; skeptical

将军肚子

jiāng jūn dù zi

beer belly (complimentary)

将功赎罪

jiāng gōng shú zuì

to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts

即将

jí jiāng

on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of

inevitably

ready to start on sth; about to act

逼将

bī jiāng

to checkmate (in chess)

大将军

dà jiāng jūn

important general; generalissimo

即将来临

jí jiāng lái lín

imminent; forthcoming; upcoming

行将结束

xíng jiāng jié shù

approaching the end; about to conclude

矮子里拔将军

ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūn

(lit.) choose a general from among the dwarfs; (fig.) choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)

Idioms (10)

将勤补绌

jiāng qín bǔ chù

to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)

将心比心

jiāng xīn bǐ xīn

to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)

将计就计

jiāng jì jiù jì

to beat somebody at their own game (idiom)

将错就错

jiāng cuò jiù cuò

(lit.) if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake; to accept an error and adapt to it; to muddle through

大厦将倾

dà shà jiāng qīng

great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation

恩将仇报

ēn jiāng chóu bào

to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)

慷慨输将

kāng kǎi shū jiāng

to donate generously (idiom)

to run short (idiom)

to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave

铁将军把门

tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén

(lit.) General Iron is guarding the door (idiom); (fig.) the door is padlocked — nobody inside

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