刚
剛HSK 2freq #436
Meanings
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- 1.(literary) hard; firm; strong
- 2.exactly; precisely
- 3.barely; only just
- 4.just; only a short while ago
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Etymology
Simplified from 剛 (岡 → 冈)
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
他刚到。
He just arrived.
刚开始下雨。
It's just started raining.
刚开始下雨。
It just started to rain.
他刚离开家。
He has just left home.
汤姆刚退休。
Tom has just retired.
他刚来这镇上。
He's new in town.
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Related words
刚刚 just recently刚才 just now刚才 just now (variant of 刚才[gāng cái])刚好 just刚毅 resolute刚体 rigid body刚直 upright and outspoken刚需 (economics) rigid demand; inelastic demand (abbr. for 刚性需求[gāng xìng xū qiú])刚巧 by chance刚烈 resolute and upright in character刚果 Congo (Congo-Brazzaville or Congo-Kinshasa)金刚 King Kong