刚

Hard in Chinese: 刚 (gāng)

gāng

hard

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 剛1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1hard
  2. 2firm
  3. 3strong
  4. 4just
  5. 5barely
  6. 6exactly

Stroke order

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刚

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄤ

gāng

ㄍ/ gㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

刚

Simplified

剛

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我刚到家就下雨了。

    wǒ gāng dào jiā jiù xià yǔ le。

    It started raining just as I got home.

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Related words

刚才

gāng cái

just now

刚刚

gāng gang

just recently

刚好

gāng hǎo

just

刚毅

gāng yì

resolute

高中

gāo zhōng

senior high school

公交车

gōng jiāo chē

public transport vehicle

公路

gōng lù

highway

关机

guān jī

to turn off (a machine or device)

过来

guò lái

to come over

过年

guò nián

to celebrate the Chinese New Year

海

hǎi

ocean

海边

hǎi biān

coast

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