(jí jiāng) - about to, on the point of, soon in Mandarin
jíjiāngTraditional: 即將
Translation
about to, on the point of, soon
Word origin
A compound of 即 (jí, immediately, at once) and 将 (jiāng, going to, about to), together marking an event on the verge of happening.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 即 (jí, immediately) + 将 (jiāng, about to)
Stroke order
即
将
Examples
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The match is about to begin.
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The new year is soon to arrive.
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He is about to leave this city.
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Our journey is about to come to an end.
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The train is about to pull into the station.
即将 (jí jiāng) is a formal adverb meaning about to or on the point of, used before a verb to mark an imminent event. It is more literary than the colloquial 快要 or 就要.
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