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刚才 (gāng cái) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 3

刚才 (gāng cái) is a Chinese word: just now. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 刚才

名 míng noun

just now

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nǐ gāng cái shuō shén me

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Word breakdown

刚 gāng — just, indicating immediacy

Words with this character (2)

才 cái — emphasizes recentness of the past

Words with this character (9)
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Structure & writing
1 刚 gāng — hard; firm (opposite of "soft")

刚 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1.1 冈 gāng — low, flat mountain ridge
冈 is a component in 4 characters
HSK 3
刚 gāng hard; firm (opposite of "soft")
HSK 4
钢 gāng steel (iron-carbon alloy with less than 2% carbon content)
HSK 6
岗 gǎng raised mound or slope of earth
HSK 7
纲 gāng the main rope of a fishing net; the key or essential part of something (often referring to documents or speeches)
1.2 刂 dāo — knife/blade radical (right-side form)
刂 is a component in 38 characters
HSK 1
到 dào to arrive; to reach 前 qián front; the direction one faces (opposite of 后) 师 shī teacher; instructor (one who imparts knowledge or skills) 班 bān a group organized for work or study
HSK 2
别 bié to part; to separate
HSK 3
刚 gāng hard; firm (opposite of "soft") 刮 guā to scrape (a surface with a knife or similar tool to remove something) 刷 shuā brush (a tool made of bristles, palm fiber, etc. for cleaning or applying substances) 刻 kè to carve or engrave patterns or characters on bamboo, wood, jade, stone, metal, etc.
HSK 4
划 huà to divide; to differentiate 列 liè to arrange; to list 则 zé rule, regulation, system 判 pàn to separate; to distinguish 利 lì sharp; keen (opposite of 'blunt')
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剧 jù drama; theatrical play 剩 shèng to remain, to be left over 帅 shuài supreme commander of an army; highest military rank
HSK 5
创 chuàng to start; to do for the first time 删 shān to delete (words or phrases from a text) 刺 cì to pierce; to prick (a sharp object entering or passing through something) 副 fù secondary, auxiliary (opposite of 正) 浏 liú (lit.) clear and limpid (of water)
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罚 fá to punish someone for a mistake or crime
HSK 6
刊 kān to delete and revise 刹 shā to brake; to stop (a vehicle, machine, etc.) 剑 jiàn sword (ancient weapon with a long blade sharpened on both edges and a short hilt; in modern fencing, a slender steel blade with no edge and a small ball at the tip) 割 gē to cut with a knife; to separate 竖 shù upright, vertical, perpendicular to the ground (opposite of '横')
HSK 7
刑 xíng criminal punishment; legal penalty imposed by the state on offenders 刨 páo to dig or excavate by striking downward with a pick, hoe, etc. 剂 jì to regulate; to harmonize 剃 tì to shave off (hair, beard, etc.) with a razor 削 xuē same meaning as 削 (xiāo), mostly used in compound words or idioms
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剔 tī to strip or scrape meat from bone 剖 pōu to cut open; to split open 剥 bō same meaning as 剥 (bāo), used in compound words or idioms, e.g. 剥夺, 生吞活剥 荆 jīng chaste tree (a deciduous shrub with long-stalked palmate leaves, blue-purple flowers, and tough branches used for weaving baskets; branches formerly used as a flogging instrument) 辨 biàn to distinguish; to differentiate

Stroke order

2 才 cái — talent; ability
才 is a component in 6 characters
HSK 1
在 zài to exist; to live
HSK 4
存 cún to exist; to be alive 材 cái timber; wood
HSK 5
团 tuán round; circular 闭 bì to close; to shut
HSK 6
财 cái wealth; money and material resources

才 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order