Meaning
hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly
Chinese: 坚硬、刚才或刚强。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gang” becomes a different word in each tone. 刚 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 刚刚gāng gangjust recently; just a moment ago
- 刚才gāng cáijust now; a moment ago
- 刚好gāng hǎojust; exactly; to happen to be
- 刚毅gāng yìresolute; steadfast; stalwart
- 刚一gāng yīto be just about to; to have just started to
Example Sentence
我刚到家就下雨了。Wǒ gāng dào jiā jiù xià yǔ le.It started raining as soon as I got home.
我WǒI刚gāng(literary) hard到家dào jiāperfect就jiùthen下雨xià yǔto rain了le(completed action)。