刚才

Character by character

• 刚gāng6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 剛hard, tough, rigid, strong
• 才cái3 strokesHSK 2 traditional 纔talent, ability; just, only

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 他刚才到了。

  Tā gāng cái dào le

  He had just arrived.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 刚才. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 才cáiHSK 2

  ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only

• 刚gāngHSK 2

  hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly

• 刚刚gāng gangHSK 2

  just recently; just a moment ago

• 人才rén cáiHSK 3

  talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks

• 才能cái néngHSK 3

  talent; ability; capacity

• 天才tiān cáiHSK 5

  talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted

• 刚好gāng hǎoHSK 6

  just; exactly; to happen to be

• 才华cái huáHSK 7

  talent

• 口才kǒu cáiHSK 7

  eloquence

• 才干cái gàn

  ability; competence

• 成才chéng cáiHSK 7

  to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect

• 刚毅gāng yìHSK 7

  resolute; steadfast; stalwart