行將

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
trad. (行將)		行	將
simp. (行将)		行	将

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xíngjiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ zoeng¹
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-chiong / hêng-chiang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xíngjiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: síngjiang
  - Wade–Giles: hsing²-chiang¹
  - Yale: syíng-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngjiang
  - Palladius: синцзян (sinczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁴ zoeng¹
  - Yale: hàhng jēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ dzoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ zêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ t͡ʃœːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-chiong
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-tsiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengciofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-chiang
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-tsiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengciafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiaŋ⁴⁴/

Adverb

行將

to be about to; to be on the verge of; to be just going to; to be on the point of
- 這樣，日本在中國抗戰的長期消耗下，它的經濟行將崩潰；在無數戰爭的消磨中，它的士氣行將頹靡。 [MSC, trad.]
  这样，日本在中国抗战的长期消耗下，它的经济行将崩溃；在无数战争的消磨中，它的士气行将颓靡。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Zhèyàng, Rìběn zài Zhōngguó kàngzhàn de chángqī xiāohào xià, tā de jīngjì xíngjiāng bēngkuì; zài wúshù zhànzhēng de xiāomó zhōng, tā de shìqì xíngjiāng tuímǐ. [Pinyin]
  Thus Japan's economy will crack under the strain of China's long resistance and the morale of the Japanese forces will break under the trial of innumerable battles.

Derived terms

行將就木／行将就木 (xíngjiāngjiùmù)

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