Chinese words starting with “jiang”
34 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable jiang. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 4 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial j · final iang · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 9
- 3rd tone 17
- 4th tone 8
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 讲话jiǎng huàHSK 2
a speech; to speak; to talk; to address
- 将来jiāng láiHSK 3
in the future; future; the future
- 将近jiāng jìnHSK 3
almost; nearly; close to
- 见过jiànguòHSK 2
seen
All 34 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 将 | jiāng | d,p,g | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 2 | 讲 | jiǎng | v | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture | |
| 3 | 奖 | jiǎng | n,v | prize; award; encouragement | |
| 4 | 将军 | jiāng jūn | n | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 5 | 奖励 | jiǎng lì | vn,v | to reward; reward (as encouragement) | |
| 6 | 降 | jiàng | v | to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend | |
| 7 | 降低 | jiàng dī | v,vn | to reduce; to lower; to bring down | |
| 8 | 奖金 | jiǎng jīn | n | premium; award money; bonus | |
| 9 | 酱 | jiàng | n | thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam | |
| 10 | 奖品 | jiǎng pǐn | n | award; prize | |
| 11 | 江 | jiāng | nr,n | river | |
| 12 | 姜 | jiāng | nr,n | ginger | |
| 13 | 讲述 | jiǎng shù | v,vn | to talk about; to narrate; to give an account | |
| 14 | 降临 | jiàng lín | v,vn | to descend; to arrive; to come | |
| 15 | 将要 | jiāng yào | d | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 16 | 降落 | jiàng luò | v,vn | to descend; to land | |
| 17 | 奖学金 | jiǎng xué jīn | n | scholarship | |
| 18 | 讲座 | jiǎng zuò | n | a course of lectures | |
| 19 | 奖杯 | jiǎng bēi | n | trophy cup | |
| 20 | 讲究 | jiǎng jiu | v,a,vn | to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen | |
| 21 | 僵硬 | jiāng yìng | a,an | stiff; rigid | |
| 22 | 奖项 | jiǎng xiàng | n | award; prize | |
| 23 | 酱油 | jiàng yóu | n | soy sauce | |
| 24 | 讲解 | jiǎng jiě | v,vn | to explain | |
| 25 | 降温 | jiàng wēn | v,vn | to become cooler; to lower the temperature; cooling; (of interest, activity etc) to decline | |
| 26 | 僵 | jiāng | a,ad | rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse) | |
| 27 | 奖牌 | jiǎng pái | n | medal (awarded as a prize) | |
| 28 | 降价 | jiàng jià | v,vn | to cut the price; to drive down the price; to get cheaper | |
| 29 | 桨 | jiǎng | n | oar; paddle | |
| 30 | 僵局 | jiāng jú | n | impasse; deadlock | |
| 31 | 讲课 | jiǎng kè | v,vn | teach; lecture | |
| 32 | 奖赏 | jiǎng shǎng | n,v,vn | reward; prize; award | |
| 33 | 僵化 | jiāng huà | v | to become rigid | |
| 34 | 讲学 | jiǎng xué | v | to lecture (on branch of learning) |
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