將grammar point · tier 1 · disposal 將 (formal): take a definite object and carry it through the verb
· jiāng
Pulls a definite object ahead of the verb so the verb acts on it and resolves it — disposal in formal, written register.
字源 FORM what the parts do
A hand at the wrist (寸) takes hold and wields; a cut of meat (月) is the thing in its grip; the left piece stands bare, its sound contested. Together they write a hand that takes something up and carries it forward. Read jiāng, it pulls a definite object out in front of the verb so the verb can dispose of it — the written-register twin of 把.
故事 STORY a scene to remember it by
A hand closes on the thing, lifts it from where it sat, and carries it across to where it must end up.
You need to say what gets done to a specific, already-known thing, in writing or formal speech.
序 · The move
1Pick the definite object the action lands on and place 將 in front of it.Is the object specific and already in view? 將 refuses a brand-new, indefinite thing.
2Put the verb after the object, and give the verb a result, destination, or recipient.Does the verb carry the thing somewhere or leave a mark? A bare verb leaves 將 hanging.
3Confirm the register fits.Written or formal? In casual speech this reaches for 把 instead.
例 · Examples
1老師也必須不斷學習，才能將takes (the object ahead of the verb)新知識new knowledge — the definite object taken in hand帶給bring to — verb + recipient that resolves it學生。
A teacher, too, must keep learning, so as to bring new knowledge to the students.
English keeps the object after the verb ("bring new knowledge to them"). 將 moves that object ahead of the verb; learners drop 將 and revert to verb-object order.