将 (a formal 把)
IntroducedA notice requests a closed door
- A written notice says please请(把)将door门close关上。 — Please close the door. (把)将 introduces door门, the thing acted on, before close关上, the action and result.
- This is a request to change the door’s state. Reading it does not establish that anyone has already closed the door.
A written instruction asks someone to close the door. What does 请将门关上。 communicate?
将 places the door before the action performed on it. This is the disposal use, similar to 把. In 会议将举行, 将 instead marks a future event.
Name the object, then what happens to it
- This pattern is subject + (把)将 + object + verb phrase. In a request beginning please请, the person asked to act may be understood rather than named.
- please请(把)将door门close关上 has the same object-and-action structure as please请to stand as a goalkeeper把门close关上. (把)将 is common in formal written instructions.
please请(把)将door门close关上。
Use this lesson’s formal object marker 将: 请 ____ 门关上。
将 + Object + Verb Phrase = formal 把: 请将门关上.
Read the requested result
- please请(把)将document文件放在桌上。 — Please put the document on the table. document文件 is the object; 放在桌上 tells where it should end up.
- Changing 桌上 to to cover包li, ancient measure of…里 changes the requested destination. Naming the object alone does not give a complete instruction.
In 请将门关上, 将 has a similar object-marking role to which word?
将 = written 把: 将门关上 = 把门关上.
The notice 请将文件放在桌上。 proves the document is already on the table.
It requests placement on the table; it does not report that placement has happened.
The same character has another job
- meeting会议(把)将to hold (a meeting…举行。 — The meeting will be held. Here (把)将 signals a future event, with no introduced object between (把)将 and to hold (a meeting…举行.
- door门(passive: by)被close关上(completed / change)了。 reports that the door was closed. (passive: by)被 gives a passive report; it is not the instruction’s (把)将 object marker.
In 请将门关上, 将 introduces the object 门 before the action 关上.
This instruction has the 将 + object + verb phrase structure. The future use in 会议将举行 differs.
In 请将门关上, 将 serves solely as a future-event marker.
Here 将 introduces 门 as the object to be acted on. Compare the future use in 会议将举行.
Match each sentence to the role highlighted in this lesson.
Object marker, future event and passive report have different sentence structures.
Follow the object in a new instruction
- please请(把)将old旧document文件to delete删除。 — Please delete the old file. old旧document文件 is the target; the instruction does not request deleting every file.
- please请don't不要(把)将old旧document文件to delete删除。 — Please do not delete the old file. don't不要 changes the request while (把)将 still introduces its object.
请不要将旧文件删除。 What does the instruction request?
不要 makes this a request not to delete the named old file. It does not ask to delete all other files.
Read the sentence around (把)将
- In please请(把)将door门close关上, locate the object door门 and the requested result close关上. In meeting会议(把)将to hold (a meeting…举行, read (把)将 with the event that follows.
- Decide the word’s role from its sentence. A future time mentioned elsewhere does not automatically turn every (把)将 into a future marker.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar.
Recall the situation: A notice requests a closed door. Decide what the speaker wanted to communicate. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.