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

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将 (將)

jiàng

Definition

general
commander-in-chief (military)
king (chess piece)
to command
to lead

Other pronunciations

将	jiāng	will shall to use to take to checkmate just a short while ago
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 (34)

将士

jiàng shì

officers and soldiers

general

commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess

将才

jiàng cái

talented field commander (military)

将牌

jiàng pái

trump (suit of cards)

将领

jiàng lǐng

high-ranking military officer

上将

shàng jiàng

general; admiral; air chief marshal

中将

zhōng jiàng

lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal

deputy general

brigadier general; commodore

deputy general

famous general

general; admiral; senior general; senior admiral; VIP; high-ranking officer

veteran general

major general; rear admiral; air vice marshal

capable person

the enemy general

general; military leader; fierce man

点将

diǎn jiàng

to appoint a general (in theater); (fig.) to appoint sb for a task

trusted lieutenant

fierce general; valiant military leader; (fig.) brave individual

老将

lǎo jiàng

(lit.) old general; commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess; (fig.) old-timer; veteran

valiant general

various generals; all the generals

see 运匠

official gatekeeper; goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)

降将

xiáng jiàng

surrendered enemy general

valiant general

mahjong

top general; commander-in-chief

to play mahjong

no trumps (in card games)

麻将牌

má jiàng pái

mahjong tile

请将不如激将

qǐng jiàng bù rú jī jiàng

(lit.) to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general; (fig.) inciting people to action is more effective than dispatching orders

Idioms (9)

天兵天将

tiān bīng tiān jiàng

celestial troops and generals (idiom); (fig.) superior forces

残兵败将

cán bīng bài jiàng

ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants

虾兵蟹将

xiā bīng xiè jiàng

shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea); useless troops (idiom)

调兵遣将

diào bīng qiǎn jiàng

to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army; to send a team on a task

谋臣武将

móu chén wǔ jiàng

strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)

谋臣猛将

móu chén měng jiàng

strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)

过关斩将

guò guān zhǎn jiàng

to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom); abbr. for 过五关斩六将

过五关斩六将

guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng

(lit.) to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom); (fig.) to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)

强将手下无弱兵

qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīng

there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)

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