Dictionary/刚

刚 剛

刚 gāng

ㄍㄤ
AdvHSK 2core 10k
1exactly; precisely
2barely; only just
3just; only a short while ago
4(literary) hard; firm; strong

Characters

刚

Examples

yǔ雨gāng刚tíng停le了，wǒ men我们zǒu走ba吧。
雨刚停了，我们走吧。
The rain just stopped, so let's leave.
她才刚来就又走了。
She had hardly arrived when she left again.
我打电话的时候，她刚回到家。
She had just come home when I called.

In the story library

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More words starting with 刚

刚刚gānggāng刚才gāngcái刚好gānghǎo刚毅gāngyì刚强gāngqiáng刚体gāngtǐ刚性gāngxìng刚巧gāngqiǎo

Often confused with

刚 vs 刚才

See also: words & characters pronounced gāng