刚好

剛好

gānghǎo

adverb HSK 6 #3,116

Meanings

HSK 1

刚好十块钱，不用找了。

Gānghǎo shí kuài qián, bùyòng zhǎo le.

Exactly ten yuan - no need for change.

HSK 3

这双鞋刚好合适。

Zhè shuāng xié gānghǎo héshì.

These shoes fit perfectly.

HSK 6

我刚好路过，就进来看看。

Wǒ gānghǎo lùguò, jiù jìnlái kànkan.

I happened to be passing by, so I came in to have a look.

usage

刚好 and 恰好 are synonyms. 刚好 is more colloquial; 恰好 is slightly more literary. 正好 is also interchangeable in most contexts.

grammar

刚好 can modify verbs (刚好遇到 'happened to meet') or describe a quantity/fit (刚好够 'just enough').

刚 gāng

好 hǎo