Chinese dictionary
- 1
adv.only a short while ago; just
刚过九点。
It's just past nine o'clock.
他刚进门电话就响了。
He had barely come in when the telephone rang.
那时妹妹刚学会走路。
At that time, my younger sister had just learned to walk.
刚刚离开这
has just left here
synonym
- 2
adj.hard; rigid; firm; unyielding; strong; indomitable
他性情太刚。
He has a very strong character.
她的舞蹈柔中有刚。
There is strength as well as grace in her dancing.
他和他父亲一样都是性子刚。
He is as strong-willed as his father.
刚强
unyielding
antonym
- 3
adv.just; exactly
这双鞋大小刚刚合适。
This pair of shoes is just the right size.
我这月的钱刚够花。
I have barely enough money to last this month.
我回到家刚赶上吃晚饭。
I got home just in time for supper.
那个包刚十公斤,不用付超重费。
The bag was just ten kilos and avoided the overweight charge.
- 4
adv.(only) just; just about; barely; hardly; scarcely
这条裙子刚过膝盖。
The skirt comes just below my knees.
他讲话声音很小,我刚能听见。
He spoke so quietly that I could just hear him.
我儿子刚十八岁。
My son is just eighteen.
我加入八路军时,刚跟枪一般高。
When I joined the Eighth Route Army, I was barely the height of a rifle.
- 5
adv.(for use in a compound sentence, followed by 就(jiù) to indicate close succession of two events) as soon as; just; only at this moment; it so happened that
Words and phrases with 刚
- 刚架结构[word]rigid-frame structure
- 刚度比[word]stiffness ratio
- 刚健[word]robust
- 刚松[word]pitch pine
- 刚性梁[word]stiffening bar
- 刚架[word]rigid/stiff frame
- 刚性[word]strong will; inflexible
- 刚直[word]principled
- 刚好[word]just; happen to
- 刚正不阿[idiom]standing on principles and not yielding to pressure
- 刚柔相济[idiom]couple hardness with softness
- 刚柔并济[idiom]couple hardness with softness
- 刚愎自用[idiom]headstrong
- 刚直不阿[idiom]be upright and tenacious