(jiāng lái) - the future, in the future in Mandarin
jiāngláiTraditional: 將來
Translation
the future, in the future
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Word origin
A compound of 将 (jiāng, about to, going to) and 来 (lái, to come), so the time that is coming.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 将 (jiāng, about to) + 来 (lái, to come)
Stroke order
将
来
Examples
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What do you want to do in the future?
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He is sure to succeed in the future.
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Nobody can be sure about the future.
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We should make plans for the future.
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In future I want to live by the sea.
将来 (jiāng lái) is the future as a stretch of your own life: what you will do, where you will live, who you will become. It pairs naturally with 现在 and 过去.
Grammatically it is a time word, so it needs no preposition and it likes the front of the sentence: 将来我想住在海边. English forces in or in the future; Mandarin just puts the time first and moves on.
Two neighbours to keep apart. 未来 is the same idea pitched higher and wider, the future of a country or of technology, and it can modify a noun directly (未来五年). 以后 means afterwards, relative to some point already mentioned, so 我以后想住在海边 quietly implies after whatever we were just talking about.
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This word is taught in chapter 25, lesson 12: 将来, 凯特, 著名 and 5 more words.