About to / on the verge of (行将 / 即将)

Structure Subject + 即将 / 行将 + Verb

Both adverbs mark imminence («about to…») and go before the verb, belonging to written register. 即将 (jíjiāng) is the more common one, standard in the press and announcements: 会议即将开始 = «the meeting is about to begin». 行将 (xíngjiāng) is distinctly more literary and almost always precedes verbs of ending, decline, or change: 旧时代行将结束 = «the old era is drawing to a close». Unlike colloquial 快要…了 / 就要…了 (HSK 2-3), which close with 了 and sound spoken, 即将 and 行将 take no 了 and belong to cultivated language. 行将 also keeps a solemn, almost epigraphic tone.

Examples

大dà会huì即jí将jiāng拉lā开kāi帷wéi幕mù。
The congress is about to get under way.
随suí着zhe技jì术shù进jìn步bù，这zhè一yī行háng业yè即jí将jiāng迎yíng来lái变biàn革gé。
With technological progress, this industry is about to undergo an upheaval.
一yī个gè旧jiù时shí代dài行xíng将jiāng结jié束shù，新xīn的de篇piān章zhāng正zhèng在zài开kāi启qǐ。
An old era is drawing to a close, and a new chapter is opening.
这zhè位wèi老lǎo人rén自zì知zhī行xíng将jiāng就jiù木mù，仍réng心xīn系xì故gù乡xiāng。
The old man, aware that his end was near, still longed for his homeland.

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