adverb #25,659

Meanings

  1. 1 barely
  2. 2 just
  3. 3 just now (classical/literary)

Examples

Tā fǔ yī kāikǒu, quánchǎng dùnshí ānjìng xiàlai.
The moment he opened his mouth, the whole room immediately fell silent.
Zhànshì fǔ dìng, bǎixìng kāishǐ chóngjiàn jiāyuán.
No sooner had the fighting ended than the people began to rebuild their homes.

Tips

register
is a classical and literary adverb, rarely used in spoken modern Chinese. It is common in written news, formal essays, and literary texts, particularly in Taiwan and Hong Kong. It corresponds to (gāng) or 刚刚 in everyday speech.

Stroke Order