Chinese Notes

将 (將) jiāng jiàng qiāng

1. jiāng adverb will / shall (future tense)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
   Notes: 将 has a similar use in Modern and Liteary Chinese in this sense (ABC 'jiāng' 将 adv 2; Kroll '將' jiāng 4; NCCED 2 '将' jiāng 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 120; Unihan '將'). For example, 將以釁鐘。'We are going to consecrate a bell with its blood.' (Mengzi: 1.7/4/4, translation by Legge)
2. jiāng preposition to get / to use / marker for direct-object
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
   Notes: In this sense, 将 is used in a pretransitive construction to mark an instrument in written Chinese but not often in spoken Chinese in a similar way to 把 (ABC 'jiāng' 将 cov; Kroll '將' jiāng 2; NCCED 1 '将' jiāng 5; Norman 1988, p. 131)
3. jiàng noun a general
   Domain: Military 军事
   Notes: (ABC 'jiàng' 将 n 1; NCCED '将' jiàng 3)
4. jiāng proper noun Jiang
   Domain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   
5. jiāng conjunction and / or
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: (Kroll '將' jiāng 6)
6. jiàng verb to command / to lead
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: (ABC 'jiàng' 将 v; Kroll '將' jiàng; NCCED '将' jiàng 1)
7. qiāng verb to request
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: (NCCED '将' qiāng 5)
8. jiāng adverb approximately
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: In Literary Chinese, when used in front of a numeric expression the meaning is 'approximately.' (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 58)
9. jiāng verb to bring / to take / to use
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: 将 is a full verb in Liteary Chinese in this sense (ABC 'jiāng' 将 v 1; Kroll '將' jiāng 1; NCCED 1 '将' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 120).
10. jiāng verb to support / to wait upon / to take care of
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
    Notes: (NCCED 1 '将' jiāng 2).
11. jiāng verb checkmate
    Domain: Leisure 休闲 , Subdomain: Chinese Chess 象棋
    Notes: (ABC 'jiāng' 将 v 3; NCCED 1 '将' jiāng 7).
12. jiāng verb to goad / to incite
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
    Notes: (NCCED 1 '将' jiāng 8).
13. jiāng verb to do / to handle
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
    Notes: (ABC 'jiāng' 将 v 2; NCCED 1 '将' jiāng 9).
14. jiāng auxiliary verb placed between a verb and a complement of direction
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
    Notes: (NCCED 2 '将' jiāng 2).
15. jiàng noun a high ranking officer
    Domain: Military 军事
    Notes: (NCCED '将' jiàng 2)
16. jiàng noun backbone
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
    Notes: (NCCED '将' jiàng 4)
17. jiàng noun king
    Domain: Leisure 休闲 , Subdomain: Chinese Chess 象棋
    Notes: Piece in Chinese chess (ABC 'jiàng' 将 n 2; NCCED '将' jiàng 5)
18. jiāng adverb might / possibly
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
    Notes: Modal marker indicating uncertainty (ABC 'jiāng' 将 adv 3; Kroll '將' jiāng 5)
19. jiāng adverb just / a short time ago
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
    Notes: (ABC 'jiāng' 将 adv 1)

Contained in

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