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将 (jiāng) can be used to denote something is about to happen in the near future, a bit like "about to" in English. It is generally used in formal contexts.

==Structure==

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将 + [Imminent Event]
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==Examples==

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* 我 相信 你  <em>将</em> 会 成为 一 个 成功 的 企业家。<span class="trans">I believe that you will soon become a successful entrepreneur.</span>
* 他  <em>将</em> 去 中国 学习。<span class="trans">He is about to go to China to study.</span>
* 我们 公司  <em>将</em> 要 推出 一 个 新 产品。<span class="trans">Our company is about to release a new product.</span>
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将 is often combined with other verbs like 会 and 要, and has a similar meaning.

==See also==
*[[Auxiliary verb "hui" for "will"]]
*[[Wanting to do something with yao]]

== Sources and further reading ==

=== Books ===

* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 5 (新实用汉语课本5) ]] (pp. 92) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561914083/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=7561914083 →buy] 
*[[卓越汉语－公司实战篇]] (pp. 89-90) [http://www.amazon.cn/%E5%8D%93%E8%B6%8A%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD-%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E5%AE%9E%E6%88%98%E7%AF%87-%E8%83%A1%E7%81%B5%E5%9D%87/dp/B003QZWQ6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347863170&sr=8-1 →buy]


[[Category: B2 grammar points]]
[[Category: Verbs]]
{{Basic Grammar|将|B2|将 / 将要 / 将会 + Verb|他 <em>将要</em> 离开 上海 。|grammar point|ASGIQPUJ}}
{{Rel char|将要}}
{{Rel char|将会}}
{{Similar|Auxiliary verb "hui" for "will"}}
{{Similar|Wanting to do something with yao}}
{{Similar|In the future in general}}
{{Used for|Referring to the future}}
{{Used for|Sequencing events in time}}
{{Translation|will}}
{{POS|Verbs}}
{{Subprop|Auxiliary verbs}}