刚 gāng▶ justo; solo; apenas

Stroke order

刚 is written in 6 strokes.

• 刚

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 他刚回来。Tā gāng huílái.He has just come back.
• 我刚吃完饭。Wǒ gāng chī wán fàn.I have just finished eating.

Related words

• 刚才justo; solo; apenas

刚 is pronounced gāng and means “justo; solo; apenas”. It is part of the HSK 4 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 刚 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.