刚
gāng
just (now)
Part of speech · adverb
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Examples
- 我刚到。I just arrived.
- 他刚走。He just left.
Collocations
刚到刚才刚刚
Mnemonic
刚 gāng "just (a moment ago)" — adverb placed directly before V: 我刚来 "I just came". Distinguish from 刚才 gāngcái (noun-time word) and 刚刚 gānggāng (emphatic adverb). Cognate of Japanese 剛 gō but the adverbial sense is uniquely Mandarin.
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