Chinese Notes

将 (將) jiāng jiàng qiāng

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)

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Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	昭公 Lord Zhao	263
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	襄公 Lord Xiang	204
History of Ming 《明史》	卷七十六志第五十二職官五 Volume 76 Treatises 52: Official Posts 5	138
Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》	卷一魏書一武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu	137
History of Ming 《明史》	卷二百四十七列傳第一百三十五劉綎李應祥陳璘鄧子龍馬孔英 Volume 247 Biographies 135: Liu Ting, Li Yingxiang, Chen Lin, Deng Zilong, Ma Kongying	113
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	哀公 Lord Ai	109
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	僖公 Lord Xi	98
History of Ming 《明史》	卷二百十二列傳第一百俞大猷戚繼光劉顯李錫張元勳 Volume 212 Biographies 100: Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, Liu Xian, Li Xi, Zhang Yuanxun	93
History of Song 《宋史》	卷一百九十六志第一百四十九兵十 Volume 196 Treatises 149: Military 10	92
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	成公 Lord Cheng	90