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

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HSK 4 - Medium
11 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

將 (将)

jiāng

Definition

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

Other pronunciations

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

Character Decomposition

Compounds (9)

獎

jiǎng

award; prize; reward; to praise; encouragement

醬

jiàng

thick paste of fermented soybean; paste; sauce; marinated in soy paste; jam

漿

jiāng

broth; serum; to starch

starch paste

oar; paddle

tinkling of small bells

蹡

qiàng

see see 踉蹡[liang4 qiang4]

(manner of walking)

cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)

Related words (21)

將會

jiāng huì

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

將軍

jiāng jūn

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

將就

jiāng jiu

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

將息

jiāng xī

(literary) to rest; to recuperate

將來

jiāng lái

future; in the future

將死

jiāng sǐ

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

將要

jiāng yào

will; shall; to be going to

將近

jiāng jìn

almost; nearly; close to

potbelly

to observe the present to study the past

將信將疑

jiāng xìn jiāng yí

half believing, half doubting; skeptical

將軍肚子

jiāng jūn dù zi

beer belly (complimentary)

將功贖罪

jiāng gōng shú zuì

to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts

即將

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

逼將

bī jiāng

to checkmate (in chess)

大將軍

dà jiāng jūn

important general; generalissimo

即將來臨

jí jiāng lái lín

imminent; forthcoming; upcoming

行將結束

xíng jiāng jié shù

approaching the end; about to conclude

矮子裡拔將軍

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)

將勤補絀

jiāng qín bǔ chù

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

將心比心

jiāng xīn bǐ xīn

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

將計就計

jiāng jì jiù jì

to beat somebody at their own game (idiom)

將錯就錯

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

大廈將傾

dà shà jiāng qīng

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

恩將仇報

ēn jiāng chóu bào

to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)

慷慨輸將

kāng kǎi shū jiāng

to donate generously (idiom)

to run short (idiom)

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

鐵將軍把門

tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén

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

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