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刚

剛
gāng
adverb HSK 2 #329

Meanings

  1. 1 just (now)
  2. 2 just barely

Characters

刚
gāng
just now; only just; hard; firm
冈 (ridge) + knife radical 刂 — hard as a blade on a mountain ridge

Examples

我刚到。
Wǒ gāng dào.
I just arrived.
他刚走。
Tā gāng zǒu.
He just left.
我刚吃完饭。
Wǒ gāng chī wán fàn.
I just finished eating.

Tips

grammar
刚 goes before the verb and indicates something happened very recently: 刚 + verb. It implies the action literally just occurred.

Stroke Order

刚 gāng