Pronunciation/Chinese readings
How do you pronounce 将军?
将(jiāng)军jiāng jūn
Commonly said as: reading 将 as jiàng
江军
将军
What it is
将军 means a general.
Why it gets said wrong
将 is jiàng in most military compounds, yet 将军 itself is fixed as jiāng jūn, an exception worth memorising.
Hear it in a sentence
The general is well known.
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