将来
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
将来 (jiānglái) · future
将来 (jiānglái) means “future; in the future”. It is written with 2 characters: 将 (will) + 来 (to come). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 将来 is built
The characters
将 jiāng · will
What 将 is made of
- 丬qiáng — half of tree trunk
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冫bīng — ice
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: Going to bed 丬 at night 夕, a predictable future (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
来 lái · to come
What 来 is made of
- 未wèi — not yet
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: A wheat plant that has not yet borne fruit; compare 來 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
你将来想做什么？Nǐ jiānglái xiǎng zuò shénme?What do you want to do in the future?
将来我想当医生。Jiānglái wǒ xiǎng dāng yīshēng.In the future I want to be a doctor.
Questions about 将来
What does 将来 mean?
将来 (jiānglái) means “future; in the future”.
How do you pronounce 将来?
将来 is pronounced jiānglái.
Which HSK level is 将来?
将来 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 将近jiāngjìnalmost
- 即将jíjiāngabout to
- 将就jiāngjiuto make do
- 将军jiāngjūngeneral (military)
- 将要jiāngyàoto be going to
- 将jiāngwill
- 出来chūláito come out
- 回来huílaito come back
- 进来jìnláito come in
- 来到láidàoto come to
Learn 将来 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 55: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.