Chinese Notes

将 (將) jiàng qiāng jiāng

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)
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)
jiàng noun a general
Domain: Military 军事
Notes: (ABC 'jiàng' 将 n 1; NCCED '将' jiàng 3)
jiāng proper noun Jiang
Domain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
jiāng conjunction and / or
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: (Kroll '將' jiāng 6)
jiàng verb to command / to lead
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: (ABC 'jiàng' 将 v; Kroll '將' jiàng; NCCED '将' jiàng 1)
qiāng verb to request
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: (NCCED '将' qiāng 5)
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)
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).
jiāng verb to support / to wait upon / to take care of
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: (NCCED 1 '将' jiāng 2).
jiāng verb checkmate
Domain: Leisure 休闲 , Subdomain: Chinese Chess 象棋
Notes: (ABC 'jiāng' 将 v 3; NCCED 1 '将' jiāng 7).
jiāng verb to goad / to incite
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: (NCCED 1 '将' jiāng 8).
jiāng verb to do / to handle
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: (ABC 'jiāng' 将 v 2; NCCED 1 '将' jiāng 9).
jiāng auxiliary verb placed between a verb and a complement of direction
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: (NCCED 2 '将' jiāng 2).
jiàng noun a high ranking officer
Domain: Military 军事
Notes: (NCCED '将' jiàng 2)
jiàng noun backbone
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: (NCCED '将' jiàng 4)
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)
jiāng adverb might / possibly
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: Modal marker indicating uncertainty (ABC 'jiāng' 将 adv 3; Kroll '將' jiāng 5)
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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Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	昭公 Lord Zhao	264
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	襄公 Lord Xiang	207
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	哀公 Lord Ai	112
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	僖公 Lord Xi	99
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	成公 Lord Cheng	92
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	定公 Lord Ding	76
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu	74
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《趙世家》 House of Zhao	70
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu	67
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》	《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu	56