HSK 6 · Society

将军 jiāngjūn “general (military rank)” in Chinese

Traditional 將軍

What 将军 means

  1. general (military rank)
  2. general
  3. high-ranking military officer
  4. to check or checkmate
  5. fig. to embarrass
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to challenge
  • to put sb on the spot

How to say 将军

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale将jiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale军jūn1st tone, high and level

将军 in a sentence

  1. 他小时候的梦想是当将军。

    Tā xiǎoshíhou de mèngxiǎng shì dāng jiāngjūn.

    As a child, he dreamt of becoming a general.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这位老将军写了一本回忆录。

    Zhè wèi lǎo jiāngjūn xiě le yì běn huíyìlù.

    This old general has written a memoir.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 将军 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 将 (jiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
将jiāngwill
  • 丬half of tree trunk · qiáng
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 军 (jūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
军jūnarmy
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 车cart · chē

How to write 将军

将 9 strokes · 军 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

将军 (jiāngjūn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 将军 (jiāngjūn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 将军

Words with 将

将jiāng · will将来jiānglái · in the future即将jíjiāng · about to将就jiāngjiu · to make do将近jiāngjìn · nearly

Words with 军

冠军guànjūn · champion军事jūnshì · military affairs季军jìjūn · third place亚军yàjūn · runner-up军队jūnduì · army

More words: Society & Law

贿赂huìlù · to bribe会晤huìwù · to meet剪彩jiǎncǎi · to cut the ribbon (at an opening ceremony)间谍jiàndié · spy监狱jiānyù · prison阶层jiēcéng · social class解放jiěfàng · to liberate机构jīgòu · organisation

FAQs

将军 (jiāngjūn) means “general (military rank)” or “general”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāngjūn: jiāng with a 1st tone, then jūn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 将军 is written 將軍. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiangjun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 将军 from the suggestions. Typing jiangjun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
将军 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.