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刚 gāng

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刚 gāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gāng | gang1
English translation
hard
firm
strong
just
barely
exactly
hard, strong, tough; just, barely

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About 刚 gāng

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HSK level

4

Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

剛 gāng

Contains the radical

刂 dāo

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

knife

Etymology of 刚 gāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰冈刂

Semantic compound

刂 dāo

Phonetic compound

冈 gāng

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using 刚 gāng

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刚才 gāngcái 打电话 dǎdiànhuà 的 de 敢情 gǎn qing 是 shì 小王的 de 姐姐 jiějie 呀 ya !

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

等 děng 她 tā 朦朦胧胧地刚离开 líkāi 思索 sīsuǒ 将要 jiāng yào 睡 shuì 去 qù , 春宝又 yòu 醒 xǐng 了 le .

As she was about to doze off, Chun Bao woke up.

钟 Zhōng 刚 gāng 敲 qiāo 过 Guò 4点 diǎn .

The clock has just struck four.

时 shí 钟 Zhōng 刚刚 gāng gang 敲 qiāo 过 Guò 六点钟.

It has just gone six.

我 wǒ 刚 gāng 把 bǎ 她 tā 的 de 生日 shēngrì 贺卡 hè kǎ 拿 ná 去 qù 邮局 yóujú 寄 jì .

I've just taken her birthday card down to the post.

Words with 刚 gāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
刚 gāng hard剛 gāng
刚刚 gāng gang just recently剛剛
刚才 gāngcái just now剛才
刚好 gāng hǎo just剛好
金刚 Jīn gāng diamond金剛
刚果 Gāng guǒ Congo剛果
刚性 gāng xìng rigidity剛性
刚度 gāng dù stiffness剛度
阳刚 yáng gāng manly陽剛
金刚石 jīn gāng shí diamond金剛石
刚巧 gāng qiǎo by chance剛巧
刚毅 gāng yì resolute剛毅
刚强 gāng qiáng firm剛強
刚烈 gāng liè unyielding剛烈
曹刚川 Cáo Gāng chuān Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader曹剛川
血气方刚 xuè qì fāng gāng full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous血氣方剛
刚玉 gāng yù corundum (mineral)剛玉
刚愎自用 gāng bì zì yòng obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)剛愎自用
刚健 gāng jiàn energetic剛健
以柔克刚 yǐ róu kè gāng to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)以柔克剛
刚劲 gāng jìng bold剛勁

刚 gāng Decomposition & Compounds

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刚 gāng Decomposition

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