剛才

See also: 刚才

Chinese

		hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
trad. (剛才/剛纔)		剛	才/纔
simp. (刚才)		刚	才
alternative forms		將才／将才 dialectal
anagram		才剛／才刚

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāngcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ coi⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹ cai⁵
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gan¹ zai² / jian¹ zai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāngcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gangcái
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹-tsʻai²
    • Yale: gāng-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gangtsair
    • Palladius: ганцай (gancaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: gōng chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang¹ cai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang tshâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gan¹ zai² / jian¹ zai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kan³³ t͡sai̯¹³/, /t͡ɕi̯æn³³ t͡sai̯¹³/

Adverb

剛才

1. just; just now; a moment ago

   我收回我剛才說的話。 [MSC, trad.]
   我收回我刚才说的话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ shōuhuí wǒ gāngcái shuō de huà. [Pinyin]

   I take back what I just said.

   他剛才給叫走去開一個重要會議。 [MSC, trad.]
   他刚才给叫走去开一个重要会议。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā gāngcái gěi jiào zǒu qù kāi yī ge zhòngyào huìyì. [Pinyin]

   He has just been called away to an important meeting.

   你剛才的講話讓我非常地難過。 [MSC, trad.]
   你刚才的讲话让我非常地难过。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ gāngcái de jiǎnghuà ràng wǒ fēicháng de nánguò. [Pinyin]

   Your speech just now made me very sad.

Synonyms

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• 今仔 (Hokkien)
• 剛剛／刚刚 (gānggāng)
• 方才 (fāngcái)
• 暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
• 站仔 (Hokkien)
• 適才／适才 (shìcái)

 

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

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