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title: "将 + object + verb (formal 把) in Chinese Grammar: Do something to … (formal 把), With Examples"
description: "将 + object + verb (formal 把): do something to … (formal 把). In formal writing 将 works like 把, moving the object before the verb. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 将 + object + verb (formal 把)

Do something to … (formal 把)

In formal writing 将 works like 把, moving the object before the verb.

## In stories

唐僧跪下拜祷了一番，才上前**将封条轻轻揭**了下来。

[救出悟空 · Freed from the Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-advanced-chinese-10#library-word-467-473) HSK 7–9

’只叫玉帝搬出去，**将天宫让**与我，便罢了；

[五行山下 · Under the Five-Element Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/under-the-five-element-mountain-journey-to-the-west-advanced-chinese-8#library-word-198-202) HSK 7–9

也是他时来运转，一连数日顺风，竟**将他送**到了南赡部洲。

[拜师学艺 · A Teacher Across the Sea](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-teacher-across-the-sea-journey-to-the-west-advanced-chinese-2#library-word-261-264)

众神一拥而上，**将他捆**了。

[大闹天宫 · Havoc in Heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/havoc-in-heaven-journey-to-the-west-advanced-chinese-7#library-word-809-812)

[Read 救出悟空](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-advanced-chinese-10#library-word-467-473)

## More patterns

- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [把…当(作/成)… treat … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba-dangzuo)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)
- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)
- [verb1 + 着 + verb2 (doing 2 while/by doing 1) do something while …; do it by …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-zhe-v)

## What does 将 + object + verb (formal 把) mean in Chinese?

Do something to … (formal 把). In formal writing 将 works like 把, moving the object before the verb.

## How common is 将 + object + verb (formal 把)?

It comes up in 7 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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