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將
简 将 · 繁 將Mandarin · pinyin jiāng#
Meanings · jiāng
- will
- shall
- to use
- to take
- to checkmate
- just a short while ago
- (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 bǎ)
Mandarin · pinyin jiàng#
Meanings · jiàng
- (bound form) a general
- (literary) to command; to lead
- (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
Mandarin · pinyin qiāng#
Meanings · qiāng
- to desire
- to invite
- to request
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
coeng1 · zoeng1 · zoeng3
Cantonese word readings for 將. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- will; going to
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) soon; in the near future
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nearly; almost
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nearly; almost — 78th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "on the verge" (𝍓)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) just; just now
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) certainly; surely
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to take; to hold; to carry
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) by; by means of; with
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) also; half ... half ...; or
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) if; in the case that ...
- Particle introducing the object of the verb, used in the same fashion as 把 but more formal.
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to support; to assist
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to advance; to go
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to take orders; to follow
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to see off; to send off
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to take along; to bring
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to use; to utilise
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to handle; to deal with
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to eat; to have
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to lead; to guide
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to submit to; to be obedient to
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to provide for
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to recuperate; to maintain; to take care of one's health
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to express; to convey
- (dialectal) to incite someone to action
- (dialectal, of animals) to bear (an offspring); to give birth
- (chess) to check
- (obsolete or dialectal) Particle placed after the verb and before a resultative phrase (進來, 起來, 進去 etc.).
- (Hong Kong) short for 將軍澳／将军澳 (Jiāngjūn'ào, “Tseung Kwan O”)
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to command; to lead
- (military) general
- high-ranking military officer
- (xiangqi) general; king: 🩧 (on the black side)
- (figurative) dab hand (at something); capable person
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to ask; to request; to invite
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 將將／将将
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