VocabularyHSK 3 · core

将来

jiānglái

future

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

将来想做什么?
What do you want to do in the future?
为了将来。
For the future.

Collocations

将来的为了将来不久的将来

Mnemonic

将来 jiānglái "future" — 将 (about to) + 来 (come). Cognate of Korean janglae / Japanese 将来 shōrai. Distinct from 未来 wèilái which is more abstract/distant future.

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