将 jiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 丬 — half of tree trunk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
将要
jiāngyào
about to
Characters in this word
要 yào
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 覀 — west, western, westward
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 女 woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 火车将要开。 Huǒchē jiāngyào kāi. The train is about to leave.
- 会议将要开始。 Huìyì jiāngyào kāishǐ. The meeting will start soon.
- 我将要回家。 Wǒ jiāngyào huí jiā. I am about to go home.
Related words
- 将近 jiāngjìn nearly; almost
- 将来 jiānglái future
- 即将 jíjiāng soon; about to
- 将 jiāng will (future marker)
- 要 yào to want; will, should
- 重要 zhòngyào important
- 不要 búyào do not; must not
- 就要 jiùyào about to
- 快要 kuàiyào soon; about to
- 要求 yāoqiú requirement; request
- 只要 zhǐyào as long as; only need
- 主要 zhǔyào main; mainly