将 / 将要 / 将会 (formal future)
IntroducedRead tomorrow’s notice
- A school notice says meeting会议will将at在tomorrow明天be held举行。 — the meeting will be held tomorrow. The notice places the event after today.
- It reports the announced plan. Reading it today does not show that tomorrow’s meeting has already happened.
An announcement gives tomorrow's meeting time. What does 会议将在明天举行。 communicate?
将 presents the meeting as a future event in formal style. Compare 将门关上, where 将 introduces an object to be acted on. Word order and meaning determine which use applies.
Keep the subject and future action
- Put will将 / will / be going to将要 / will (future)将会 before the future action phrase: school学校will (future)将会announce / make public公布outcome结果。 — the school will announce the results.
- In the meeting example, at在tomorrow明天 supplies the time and be held举行 supplies the event. will将 does not mark meeting会议 as an object to move.
meeting会议will将at在tomorrow明天be held举行。
Use one of the future forms taught here: The meeting will be held tomorrow: 会议 ____ 在明天举行。
将 / 将要 / 将会 + VP = formal future: 会议将在明天举行.
Separate future and object uses
- meeting会议will将at在tomorrow明天be held举行。 announces a future event. please请object marker将door门close关上。 asks someone to close the door; door门 is the affected object.
- The same written will将 does different jobs. Read the whole action phrase, rather than translating every will将 as will.
将 here is used mostly in…
将 = a formal “will”; everyday speech prefers 会 / 要.
Match the complete sentence to its job.
The future, object-before-action and completed-event constructions make different claims.
Re-read a changed time
- A revised fictional notice changes tomorrow’s start from 14:00 to 15:00. The announced start is now one hour later.
- Use the revised time when planning your arrival. Neither the future form nor a time on the notice proves the meeting actually began then.
This future 将 is the same as the 把-style 将 (将门关上).
No — same character, two senses: future 将 vs disposal 将.
An announcement says 会议将在明天举行。 Does it establish that the meeting has already been held?
The notice announces a future meeting; completion would need a later report or other evidence.
A revised notice changes tomorrow’s start from 14:00 to 15:00. How many minutes later is the announced start?
15:00 minus 14:00 is one hour, or 60 minutes. This compares announced times; it does not prove actual completion.
Choose a register, not a certainty level
- will将 is common in formal written announcements. In a chat about tomorrow, we / us我们tomorrow明天want / will / need要to hold a meeting开会。 is an ordinary alternative.
- A formal style does not make a plan impossible to cancel. meeting会议already已经be held举行(completed / change)了。 instead reports a meeting already held.
Using formal 将 in a meeting notice proves the plan can never be cancelled.
Formal register does not guarantee that the future plan will be fulfilled.
Check event, time and evidence
- Identify the subject, the action and its stated future time. Keep a future announcement separate from a completed-event report.
- When will将 puts an object before an action, read that object use separately. Register alone does not tell you which job will将 performs.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Auxiliary verbs.
Recall the situation: Read tomorrow’s notice. 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.