将【jiāng】

将 has two jobs in formal Chinese, both common in news, notices and instructions. Before a verb it means "will". Before a noun it does the job of 把, bringing the object in front of the verb.

将 + verb: will

将 says something is going to happen, and it sounds official. Speech uses 会 or 要 for the same thing.

将要 and 将会 are slightly fuller forms. 即将 means "about to", something very close.

The negative is 将不, or 不会 in a less formal sentence.

将 + object + verb: the formal 把

将 can stand in for 把 in a 把 sentence, and the rules stay the same. The object is something definite, and the verb needs something after it – a result, a direction, a place.

• × 请将手机关 → 请将手机关上

Telling the two apart

If a verb follows 将 directly, it means "will". If a noun follows and the verb comes after it, 将 is the formal 把. Both can't share one 将: "will" plus a moved object needs 将 + 把.

• × 我们将将结果通知大家 → 我们将把结果通知大家

The basic future 将 at HSK 4 has its own entry.