剛剛

See also: 刚刚

Chinese

		only a short while ago; just; barely	only a short while ago; just; barely
trad. (剛剛)		剛	剛
simp. (刚刚)		刚	刚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānggāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ gong¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): jion¹ jion^1-3
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹kaon-kaon / ¹kan-kan₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānggāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganggang
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹-kang¹
    • Yale: gāng-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganggang
    • Palladius: ганган (gangan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹ gong¹
    • Yale: gōng gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jion¹ jion^1-3
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiɒ̃¹¹ t͡ɕiɒ̃¹¹⁻⁴⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kaon-kaon
    • MiniDict: kaon^平 kaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kaan-kaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɑ̃⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹kan-kan₁
    • MiniDict: kan^平 kan^平
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kɑŋ³³ kɑŋ³⁴/

Adverb

剛剛

1. just; just now; a moment ago

   我剛剛收到一封從重慶寄來的信。 [MSC, trad.]
   我刚刚收到一封从重庆寄来的信。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ gānggāng shōudào yī fēng cóng Chóngqìng jì lái de xìn. [Pinyin]

   I just received a letter from Chongqing.

   我們剛剛分手，我的心像撕裂一樣痛。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们刚刚分手，我的心像撕裂一样痛。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen gānggāng fēnshǒu, wǒ de xīn xiàng sīliè yīyàng tòng. [Pinyin]

   We've just broke up and my heart feels like it's been ripped apart.

2. barely

   我的收入剛剛夠用。 [MSC, trad.]
   我的收入刚刚够用。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ de shōurù gānggāng gòu yòng. [Pinyin]

   My income barely covers my expenses.

Synonyms

• (just now):

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• 今仔 (Hokkien)
• 剛才／刚才 (gāngcái)
• 方才 (fāngcái)
• 暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
• 站仔 (Hokkien)
• 適才／适才 (shìcái)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 剛才 (“just now”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		剛才, 方才, 適才, 剛剛, 剛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	剛才, 才剛, 將才
	Taiwan	剛才, 剛剛, 剛
	Harbin	才剛兒, 頭先, 頭前兒
	Malaysia	剛才
	Singapore	剛才, 剛剛, 剛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	剛才, 剛剛的
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	剛打剛兒, 剛剛兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	才剛, 才剛剛兒
	Wanrong	剛剛
	Xi'an	剛才
	Xining	才才
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	才剛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	剛才, 才剛
	Ürümqi	剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 剛頭兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	才剛, 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 先頭
	Wuhan	才剛, 剛才, 才一路, 才路, 一路
	Liuzhou	頭先, 啱先
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	剛才, 才剛, 剛剛
	Yangzhou	剛才, 才剛, 剛剛, 剛
	Hefei	剛才
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話, 疇先
	Hong Kong	頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	正就
	Macau	頭先
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	頭先, 啱啱, 啱先, 正話
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	啱啱
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	啱啱
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	頭先
	Foshan	剛啱, 舊家
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	舊先
	Foshan (Shunde)	頭先
	Foshan (Sanshui)	啱啱
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	啱青
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	頭先
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頭先
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頭先
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	頭先
	Taishan	頭先, 正話
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頭先
	Enping (Niujiang)	頭先
	Heshan (Yayao)	啱啱
	Dongguan	蚊蚊, 啱先, 啱啱
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頭先
	Yangjiang	頭先, 啱先
	Nanning	啱先
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	啱啱, 正話
	Singapore (Guangfu)	頭先, 啱啱
Gan	Nanchang	剛腳, 一腳
	Lichuan	剛腳
Hakka	Meixian	頭先, 啱先, 啱啱
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	先頭, 頭先
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	正先
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	正先
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	早先
	Wengyuan	頭先
	Liannan	正先
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	啱啱
	Jiexi	早回
	Changting	頭先
	Wuping (Yanqian)	頭間
	Ninghua	正
	Ningdu	當頭
	Tonggu (Sandu)	正
	Dayu	剛正哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭先, 頭下
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頭先, 頭下
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頭先, 頭下
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頭先, 頭下
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頭先, 頭下
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭先, 頭下
	Hong Kong	頭先
	Mengshan (Xihe)	啱
	Luchuan	啱先
	Senai (Huiyang)	正先
Huizhou	Jixi	剛才, 剛剛, 剛之
Jin	Taiyuan	剛才, 剛剛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頃先, 頃, 頃頃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭先, 頭先早, 連眼, 連刻, 矢文
Southern Min	Xiamen	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 拄
	Quanzhou	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 頭站仔, 拄
	Zhangzhou	頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 前拄仔, 盡拄仔, 拄
	Kaohsiung	拄才
	Yilan	拄才
	Changhua (Lukang)	拄才
	Taichung	拄拄仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拄仔才
	Tainan	頭陣仔
	Taitung	頭拄仔
	Hsinchu	拄仔
	Penghu (Magong)	拄才
	Penang (Hokkien)	麻汝, 耽仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	麻汝, 頭先, 頭早
	Manila (Hokkien)	站仔, 頭站仔
	Chaozhou	頭陣, 同早, 同旰
	Shantou	剛才
	Jieyang	同早, 同旰, 頭先, 同陣, 頭陣, 自早
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	同旰
	Singapore (Teochew)	麻汝, 頭先, 同早
	Leizhou	當奉囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頭先, 開頭, 啱啱, 啱先
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	啱先, 頭先, 幾早, 頭幾早
Wu	Shanghai	剛剛, 剛, 剛正, 開開 dated, 客客 dated, 方才 dated
	Suzhou	剛剛, 剛剛頭, 剛巧
	Danyang	剛才, 剛剛
	Hangzhou	剛剛
	Ningbo	剛剛
	Wenzhou	頭前, 頭先, 頭兒
Xiang	Changsha	剛才, 才剛, 嚴剛
	Loudi	剛剛
	Shuangfeng	當好, 才當

• (barely): (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) 啱啱