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刚

gāng

Traditional: 剛

(literary) hard; firm; strong

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Meaning of 刚 in English

gāngHSK 3adverbSyllabus #641
  1. (literary) hard; firm; strong
  2. exactly; precisely
  3. barely; only just
  4. just; only a short while ago

Example sentences

  1. 汤姆刚改建了他的厨房。
    tāng mǔ gāng gǎi jiàn le tā de chú fáng。
    Tom has just remodeled his kitchen.
    Tatoeba #8560545 by slo_oth · #8560377 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 嘿，你的狗刚咬了我。
    hēi， nǐ de gǒu gāng yǎo le wǒ。
    Hey, your dog just bit me.
    Tatoeba #5611619 by verdastelo9604 · #3575415 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 你是不是刚认识他？
    nǐ shì bú shì gāng rèn shí tā？
    Did you just get to know him?
    Tatoeba #784403 by fucongcong · #785437 by hrin · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 刚

刚才HSK 3刚刚HSK 3刚好HSK 5

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences