jiāng

will; shall

HSK 4 #132

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 132nd character
Radical ⽙ (90.6)
Strokes 9
Index # 1617
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

将 jiāng
  1. 1. will
  2. 2. shall
  3. 3. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
  4. 4. to take
  5. 5. to use
  6. 6. just a short while ago
  7. 7. to checkmate
将 jiàng
  1. 1. to lead
  2. 2. to command
  3. 3. general
  4. 4. king (chess piece)
  5. 5. commander-in-chief (military)
将 qiāng
  1. 1. to invite
  2. 2. to request
  3. 3. to desire

Stroke order

将 stroke order diagram
将 stroke order animation

Words containing 将

Word Meaning
may (in the future); will perhaps
to play mahjong
the enemy general
Yang family generals; classic Song war tale
TW (sports) foreign player; import
to spur sb into action by making negative remarks
no trumps (in card games)
fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
weak underlings; shrimp and crab troops
to run short (idiom)
to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave
approaching the end; about to conclude
lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
to checkmate (in chess)
driver (of a taxi etc) (loanword from Japanese) (Tw)
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
surrendered enemy general
nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 广lǐ guǎng
valiant general
mahjong tile
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