HSK 4 · Time

将来 jiānglái “in the future” in Chinese

Traditional 將來

What 将来 means

  1. in the future
  2. future

Measure word 个 gè · 一个将来 yí ge jiānglái

How to say 将来

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale来lái2nd tone, rising

将来 in a sentence

  1. 将来我想做飞行员。

    Jiānglái wǒ xiǎng zuò fēixíngyuán.

    I want to be a pilot in the future.

    Sentence #735321 from Tatoeba

  2. 将来我要去国外旅游。

    Jiānglái wǒ yào qù guówài lǚyóu.

    In the future I want to travel overseas.

    Sentence #2040283 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 请你将来注意点。

    Qǐng nǐ jiānglái zhùyì diǎn.

    Please be more careful in future.

    Sentence #336245 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 将来 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 来 (lái) with each of its parts in a different colour
来láito come
  • 未part of the character
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā

Memory aidDrawn from a stalk of wheat. It was borrowed early on for “to come”.

How to write 将来

将 9 strokes · 来 7 strokes

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

Words related to 将来

Words with 将

将jiāng · will即将jíjiāng · about to将就jiāngjiu · to make do将军jiāngjūn · general (military rank)将近jiāngjìn · nearly

Words with 来

来lái · to come出来chūlái · to come out过来guòlái · to come over回来huílai · to return进来jìnlái · to come in上来shànglái · to come up下来xiàlai · to come down后来hòulái · afterwards起来qǐlai · beginning or continuing an action带来dàilái · to bring (about)

More words: Time

最近zuìjìn · recently本来běnlái · original当时dāngshí · then寒假hánjià · winter holidays节jié · festival礼拜天Lǐbàitiān · Sunday秒miǎo · second (of time)偶尔ǒu'ěr · occasionally

FAQs

将来 (jiānglái) means “in the future” or “future”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiānglái: jiāng with a 1st tone, then lái with a 2nd 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, 将来 is written 將來. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one in the future is 一个将来 (yí ge jiānglái).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianglai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 将来 from the suggestions. Typing jianglai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
将来 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.