Translation of 刚 to English with examples of 刚 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

刚

剛

gāng

adv. just now, newly; just

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Other meanings

[gāng] adv. exactly
[gāng] adj. stiff, bristly; strong, firm

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CHARACTER COMPOSITION

RADICAL

刂 knife (for 刚)

刀 knife (for 剛)

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Simplified Chinese

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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

SYNONYMS

才 / 才 cái
[adv] just, a moment ago, just now; (for emphasis) really, actually

EXAMPLES

我原来住在英国，刚来中国不久。

我原來住在英國，剛來中國不久。

wǒ yuán lái zhù zài yīng guó, gāng lái zhōng guó bù jiǔ .

phr. I formerly lived in the UK; (I) just came to China not long ago.

我刚收到一封信，还没有时间看呢。

我剛收到一封信，還沒有時間看呢。

wǒ gāng shōu dào yì fēng xìn, hái méi yǒu shí jiān kàn ne .

phr. I just received a letter, and had no time to read it.

水温刚好。

水溫剛好。

shuǐ wēn gāng hǎo .

phr. The temperature of the water was just right.