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剛

gāng

hard, tough, rigid, strong

Strokes
10
Radical
刀
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 刚

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 刚, the simplified form of 剛. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 他刚到。

    Tā gāng dào

    He just arrived.

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  • 他刚来这里

    Tā gāng lái zhè lǐ

    He arrived here just now.

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  • 他刚才到了。

    Tā gāng cái dào le

    He had just arrived.

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  • 他刚回到家。

    Tā gāng huí dào jiā

    He just got home.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 刚

  • 刚gāng 1hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly
  • 刚刚gāng gang 1–5just recently; just a moment ago
  • 刚才gāng cái 1–2 just now; a moment ago
  • 刚好gāng hǎo 1–3 just; exactly; to happen to be
  • 刚毅gāng yì 1–4 resolute; steadfast; stalwart