將要

See also: 将要

Chinese

		a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (將要)		將	要
simp. (将要)		将	要

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāngyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ jiu³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cian-iau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiangyào
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹-yao⁴
    • Yale: jyāng-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangyaw
    • Palladius: цзянъяо (czjanʺjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ jiu³
    • Yale: jēung yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ jiːu̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cian-iau
    • MiniDict: cian^平 iau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jian-iau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiã⁵⁵ iɔ²¹/

Adverb

將要

1. be going to; will; shall

Synonyms

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• 即將／即将 (jíjiāng)
• 可待 (kědài) (literary)
• 咧欲 (Hokkien)
• 就嚟 (Cantonese)
• 就快 (zau⁶ faai³) (Cantonese)
• 就要
• 得欲 (Hokkien)
• 快要 (kuàiyào)

 

References

• “Entry #95195”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.