刚 (剛)
gāng
Pinyin

Definition

刚 (剛)
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gāng
  1. hard
  2. firm
  3. strong
  4. just
  5. barely
  6. exactly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刚
gāng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 firm
  3. 3 strong
  4. 4 just
  5. 5 barely
  6. 6 exactly
刚刚
gāng gang
  1. 1 just recently
  2. 2 just a moment ago
刚好
gāng hǎo
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 exactly
  3. 3 to happen to be
刚才
gāng cái
  1. 1 just now
  2. 2 a moment ago
刚才
gāng cái
  1. 1 (just) a moment ago

Idioms (6)

以柔克刚
yǐ róu kè gāng
  1. 1 to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
刚柔并济
gāng róu bìng jì
  1. 1 to couple strength and gentleness (idiom)
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
  1. 1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)
血气方刚
xuè qì fāng gāng
  1. 1 full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous

Sample Sentences

我经常刚一下课就立即冲到食堂。
wǒ jīngcháng gāng yī xiàkè jiù lìjí chōng dào shítáng 。
Immediately: I often dash to the cafeteria immediately after class.
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我想和你坦白一件事，我刚不小心摔了你的手机。
wǒ xiǎng hé nǐ tǎnbái yī jiàn shì ，wǒ gāng bù xiǎoxīn shuāi le nǐ de shǒujī 。
I want to confess to you that I just accidentally dropped your phone.
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2.知道刚才的美味佳肴居然是用昆虫做出来的，他不由得一阵恶心。
.zhīdào gāngcái de měiwèi jiāyáo jūrán shì yòng kūnchóng zuò chūlái de ，tā bùyóude yīzhèn ěxīn 。
Knowing that the delicious food was actually made from insects, he could not help but feel sick.
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3、妈妈说：“今天天气晴朗，我们去公园怎么样？”爸爸接着说：“上周我们刚刚去过公园，不如我们去海边吧！”
、māma shuō ：“jīntiān tiānqì qínglǎng ，wǒmen qù gōngyuán zěnmeyàng ？”bàba jiēzhe shuō ：“shàngzhōu wǒmen gānggang qù guò gōngyuán ，bùrú wǒmen qù hǎibiān ba ！”
Mom says “ Today’s weather is good, what do you think of going to the park?” Dad says “we went to the park last week, so how about going to the beach!”
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啧啧啧，刚刚在外面看到广告，说保护视力要从六岁开始，太夸张了吧。
zé zé zé ，gānggang zài wàimiàn kàndào guǎnggào ，shuō bǎohù shìlì yào cóng liù suì kāishǐ ，tài kuāzhāng le ba 。
Hey, I just saw an advertisement outside, stating to protect one’s eyesight from the age of six. This is an exaggeration.
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可能就是因为我太出风头了，才会变成她的眼中钉。刚上任就给我下马威。
kěnéng jiùshì yīnwèi wǒ tài chūfēngtou le ，cái huì biànchéng tā de yǎnzhōngdīng 。gāng shàngrèn jiù gěi wǒ xiàmǎwēi 。
It's probably because I took too much of the spotlight that I became a thorn in her side. She cracked the whip with me right after she took office.
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刚降落，我要出机舱了。
gāng jiàngluò ，wǒ yào chū jīcāng le 。
Just landed. I am stepping out of the cabin.
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我刚出社会的时候，不怎么会用电邮。老板就跟我说：“你没吃过猪肉，也见过猪跑吧！连发个电邮都不会。”
wǒ gāng chūshèhuì de shíhou ，bùzěnme huì yòng diànyóu 。lǎobǎn jiù gēn wǒ shuō ：“nǐ méichīguòzhūròu, yějiànguòzhūpǎo ba ！lián fā ge diànyóu dōu bùhuì 。”
When I first started working, I didn’t know how to use email. My boss said, ‘You should at least have had some common sense! How come you didn’t even know how to send an email?'
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在以前的公司，有一个同事，他刚进公司的时候，就对我们大小声。
zài yǐqián de gōngsī ，yǒu yīgè tóngshì ，tā gāng jìn gōngsī de shíhou ，jiù duì wǒmen dàxiǎoshēng 。
I had a colleague in my previous company. Though he just joined the company, he raised his voice at us.
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杨臣刚《老鼠爱大米》
yángchéngāng 《lǎoshǔ ài dàmǐ 》
Chengang Yang – The Mouse Loves the Rice
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