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  • 1

    adv.only a short while ago; just

    • gāng guò jiǔ diǎn

      It's just past nine o'clock.

    • tā gāng jìn mén diàn huà jiù xiǎng le

      电话

      He had barely come in when the telephone rang.

    • nà shí mèi mei gāng xué huì zǒu lù

      那时妹妹学会走路

      At that time, my younger sister had just learned to walk.

    synonym
  • 2

    adj.hard; rigid; firm; unyielding; strong; indomitable

    • tā xìng qíng tài gāng

      性情

      He has a very strong character.

    • tā de wǔ dǎo róu zhōng yǒu gāng

      舞蹈

      There is strength as well as grace in her dancing.

    • tā hé tā fù qīn yī yàng dōu shì xìng zi gāng

      父亲一样性子

      He is as strong-willed as his father.

    antonym
  • 3

    adv.just; exactly

    • zhè shuāng xié dà xiǎo gāng gāng hé shì

      大小合适

      This pair of shoes is just the right size.

    • wǒ zhè yuè de qián gāng gòu huā

      I have barely enough money to last this month.

    • wǒ huí dào jiā gāng gǎn shàng chī wǎn fàn

      赶上晚饭

      I got home just in time for supper.

  • 4

    adv.(only) just; just about; barely; hardly; scarcely

    • zhè tiáo qún zi gāng guò xī gài

      裙子膝盖

      The skirt comes just below my knees.

    • tā jiǎng huà shēng yīn hěn xiǎo wǒ gāng néng tīng jiàn

      讲话声音听见

      He spoke so quietly that I could just hear him.

    • wǒ ér zi gāng shí bā suì

      儿子十八

      My son is just eighteen.

  • 5

    adv.(for use in a compound sentence, followed by 就(jiù) to indicate close succession of two events) as soon as; just; only at this moment; it so happened that

Words and phrases with 刚

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Chinese Characters with pinyin gāng

  • steel
  • the headrope of a fishing net; outline
  • vat; jar-shaped implement
  • anus and anal canal
  • ridge