chingünjav was born in 1710 at the shore of lake sangiin dalai nuur, in the khotgoid's erdenedüüregch vangiin khoshuu of zasagt khan aimag, or today's bürentogtokh sum of khövsgöl aimag. his father bandi was the khoshuu's zasag noyon. in 1738, chingünjav succeeded his father. chingünjav made a career in the manchu military and eventually reached the rank of an assistant general of zasagt khan aimag.