to be about to in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 即将 with this easy mnemonic:

A girl was just about to get married when the police told her to stop the wedding right away (即) because her fiance is about to (将) get arrested.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 即
• 将

• 将军
• 即将
• 即使
• 立即
• 将要
• 将来
• 即便

The reading of 即将 is jí jiāng.

You can remember how to say 即将 with this useful mnemonic:

She prayed to Jesus (jí) that day for his fiance to be bitten by poisonous snakes when crossing the nearby jungle (jiāng)!

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like to be about to and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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