Word information
Simplified刚才
Traditional剛才/剛纔
Pinyingāngcái
Part of speech名
HSK 3.03
HSK 2.03
Chinese word dictionary
刚才
gāngcái · just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2]); just now; a moment ago
Character breakdown
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才cái
ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now
才cái(variant of 才[cai2]) just now; (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only; ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only
刚gānghard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly
刚刚gānggāngjust recently; just a moment ago
才cái(variant of 才[cai2]) just now; (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only; ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only
刚好gānghǎojust; exactly; to happen to be