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刚才

gāng cái · gang cai

Traditional 剛才 / 剛纔

HSK 2Old HSK 3

Meaning

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gāng cái 剛才

  1. just now
  2. a moment ago

gāng cái 剛纔

  1. just now (variant of 剛才 / 刚才 (gāng cái))
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Did you see the bird?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)刚才(gāngcái)看到(kàndào)那(nà)只(zhī)鸟(niǎo)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you see that bird a moment ago?

  2. Dengdeng

    没有(méiyǒu)，刚才(gāngcái)我(wǒ)在(zài)看(kàn)手机(shǒujī)。

    No, I was looking at my phone just then.

  3. Liangliang

    太(tài)可惜(kěxī)了(le)，它(tā)刚才(gāngcái)就(jiù)在(zài)这(zhè)棵(kē)树(shù)上(shàng)！

    What a pity, it was right on this tree a moment ago!

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)拍(pāi)照片(zhàopiàn)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you take a photo?

  5. Liangliang

    拍(pāi)了(le)，可是(kěshì)照片(zhàopiàn)里(lǐ)只(zhǐ)有(yǒu)树(shù)。

    Yes, but the photo only shows the tree.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)刚(gāng)才(cái)还(hái)碰(pèng)到(dào)他(tā)来(lái)着(zhe)。

I met him just now.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

刚(gāng)才(cái)有(yǒu)人(rén)打(dǎ)电(diàn)话(huà)找(zhǎo)你(nǐ)，你(nǐ)不(bú)在(zài)。

Someone called you just now, but you weren't in.

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刚
gāng

hard; firm

才
cái

only then; just now; only (before a quantity)

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