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  1. Comparing "gang" and "gangcai" - Chinese Grammar Wiki. Level. B1 / HSK3 and HSK4. Similar to. Expressing "just now" with "gangcai" ( A2) Expressing "just" with "gang" ( A2) Used for. Describing actions, Expressing time and date. Keywords. 刚才, 刚. 刚 (gāng) and 刚才 (gāngcái) have similar meanings of " just (now)," but they differ on a few key uses.

    • ‘Different Word Classes’
    • ‘Different Time Points’
    • ‘Different Focus’
    • ‘Different Negative Forms’
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    刚 (gāng) is an adverb and is placed after the subject and before the verb. 他刚去吃午饭。(tā gāng qù chī wǔ fàn) He just went for lunch. 刚才 (gāng cái) is a time noun and can be used before or after the subject. It can also be used as the subject in a sentence. 刚才他去吃午饭了。(gāng cái tā qù chī wǔ fàn le) / 他刚才去吃午饭了。(tā gāng cái qù chī wǔ fàn le) He went for lu...

    刚才 (gāng cái) usually refers to a time between half an hour and 现在 (xiàn zài) ‘now’. 他刚才睡着了。(tā gāng cái shuì zháo le) He just fell asleep. 刚 (gāng) can be used to not only express a short time, such as 10 minutes ago but also for things that happened many years ago. This depends on the speakers‘ subjective feeling, similarly to 很久 (hén jiǔ) ‘a lon...

    Sentences that include 刚才 (gāng cái) always emphasizes what happened (what has been done). 我刚才看了一集《生活大爆炸》。(wǒ gāng cái kàn le yī jí shēng huó dà bào zhà) I just watched an episode of The Big Bang Theory. Sentences using 刚 (gāng) always emphasizes the time point (for something that just happened). 我刚看了一集《生活大爆炸》,妈妈就催我去睡觉。(wǒ gāng kàn le yī jí shēng h...

    刚才 (gāng cái) and 刚 (gāng) are negated in different ways. 刚才 uses either 没 or 不: 刚才 (gāng cái) + 没 (méi) / 不 (bù) 对不起,我刚才没看见你的信息。(duì bu qǐ, wǒ gāng cái méi kàn jiàn nǐ de xìn xī) Sorry, I didn’t see your message just now. 不是 (bú shì) + 刚 (gāng) 我不是刚到,我到了很久了。(wǒ bú shì gāng dào, wǒ dào le hěn jiǔ le) I didn’t just get here, I arrived a long time ag...

    Learn how to use 刚 (gāng), 刚刚 (gāng gang) and 刚才 (gāng cái) to express 'something just happened' in Chinese. See the differences in word classes, time points, focus and negative forms of these words.

  2. 刚才 ( gangcai / gāngcái ) (English translation: "just now") as Chinese character including stroke order, Pinyin phonetic script, pronunciation in Mandarin, example sentence and English meaning.

  3. 刚才 (gāngcái) is used to emphasize the subject was doing something during a short period of time, while 刚/刚刚 is used to emphasize the issue took place only a moment ago.

  4. Apr 21, 2022 · “刚“ and “刚才” both mean “just” or “recently” in Chinese, but they have different usages. See examples, rules and practice questions to master the two words.

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  6. app.ninchanese.com › stage › grammar-lesson刚 & 刚才 - Ninchanese

    Learn the difference between 刚 and 刚才, two words that mean \"just, just a moment ago\" in Mandarin Chinese. Find out when to use which, how to place them in sentences, and how to modify nouns with them.

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