將
简 将 · 繁 將Meanings · zoeng1
- (noun) 1. general; 2. A term of high-ranking personnel who is skillful, professional and successful
Meanings · coeng1
- to ask for
- to appeal for
Meanings · zoeng1
- 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)
- to get hold of
- to move forward
- to advance
- to take care of
- to engage in doing
- to give a send-off to
- to accompany
- partly
- half
Meanings · zoeng3
- a military commander
- a general officer
- to command
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 將 jiāng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinwill; 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)
- 將 jiàng CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- 將 qiāng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto desire; to invite; to request
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: jiang1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 36 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
coeng1 · zoeng1 · zoeng3
Cantonese word readings for 將. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- 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”)
character
- (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
character
- (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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