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刚才 gāngcái

刚才 gāngcái Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 刚才 gāngcái .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gāngcái | gang1 cai2
English translation
just now
a moment ago
(just) a moment ago

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About 刚才 gāngcái

Read some general information about the Chinese word 刚才 gāngcái .

Traditional form

剛才

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 刚才 gāngcái

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gāng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of gāng . Phonosemantic compound. dāo represents the meaning and gāng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

gāng

Semantic compound

dāo

Positional decomposition

冈刂

Number of Strokes

6
cái

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a small plant starting to emerge from the ground. Based on the original meaning "to sprout". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "talent".

Positional decomposition

shǒu

Number of Strokes

3

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Example sentences using 刚才 gāngcái

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刚才 gāngcái 打电话 dǎdiànhuà de 敢情 gǎn qing shì 小王 de 姐姐 jiějie ya !

So it was Xiao Wang's elder sister who called just now.

gāng cái shì yǎn chà le , rén 当成 dàng chéng xiǎo .

I mistook that person I saw just now for Xiao Li.

即使 jíshǐ shì 刚才 gāngcái 提到 tí dào de yàng cài bìng shì tài .

Even the dishes I mentioned just now are not very hot.

刚才 gāngcái shuí chuī 口哨 kǒu shào le ?

Who whistled just now?

shuí lái 描述 miáo shù 一下 yīxià 刚才 gāngcái suǒ 发生 fāshēng de 情形 qíngxing ?

Who'd like to describe what happened just now?

刚才 gāngcái Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 刚才 gāngcái and their own compounds.

刚才 gāngcái Compounds

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