刚才 gāngcái just

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Traditional: 剛才

Stroke order

刚才 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

刚才 — the Chinese character for just (gāngcái), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 刚才 — just

刚 — 6 strokes
才 — 3 strokes

Senses

just now
a moment ago

Characters in 刚才

刚 gāng — (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just
才 cái — ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

我刚才在看书。Wǒ gāngcái zài kàn shū.I was just reading.
你刚才去哪儿了？Nǐ gāngcái qù nǎr le?Where did you just go?

Related words

刚才 is pronounced gāngcái and means “just”.

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