将 + 动词
will, shall (formal future); also a written 把
Structure
将 动词（将来） ／ 将 宾语 + 动词（＝把）
What it means
Two formal uses: before a verb, 将 means “will, shall” (the future); before an object, it is the written form of 把.
How it is built
Future: 将 (+ 于 + time) + verb: 新规将于明年1月1日起施行 (the new rules will take effect on 1 January next year). Like 把: 将 + object + verb + more: 请将旧家电交给正规回收企业.
When to use it
News, notices and policy documents. In speech use 会 or 要 for the future and 把 for objects. As with 把, the verb must do something to the object: 将…交给, 将…送往, 将…列入.
Watch out
In conversation both uses sound stiff: ✗我明天将去 ✓我明天会去; ✗将旧冰箱卖了 ✓把旧冰箱卖了. Don’t confuse it with 即将, “about to”, which stresses that something is imminent.
Examples
到2027年，废旧家电回收量将比2023年增长30%。
By 2027 the amount of waste appliances collected will be 30% higher than in 2023.
补贴政策将继续实施，具体办法另行通知。
The subsidy policy will continue; details will be announced separately.
请将旧家电交给正规回收企业，不要随意丢弃。
Please hand old appliances to a proper recycling firm; do not dump them.
Learn this in Lesson 130 · HSK 7–9: 修还是换 (Repair or replace?)
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