刚好

剛好

gānghǎo

adverb HSK 6 #3,116

Meanings

Gānghǎo shí kuài qián, bùyòng zhǎo le.

Exactly ten yuan — no need for change.

Wǒ gānghǎo lùguò, jiù jìnlái kànkan.

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

Zhè shuāng xié gānghǎo héshì.

These shoes fit perfectly.

Nǐ lái de gānghǎo, wǒ zhèng yào zhǎo nǐ.

You came at just the right time — I was looking for you.

usage

刚好 and 恰好 (qiàhǎo) are synonyms. 刚好 is more colloquial; 恰好 is slightly more literary. 正好 (zhènghǎo) 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