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刚

gāng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 剛

What 刚 means

1. literaryhard; firm; strong
2. exactly; precisely
3. barely; only just
4. just; only a short while ago

Example sentences

• 他刚到。
  He just arrived.
• 他刚来这里
  Tā gāng lái zhèlǐ
  He arrived here just now.
• 我刚到家。
  I only just got home.
• 我才刚开始。
  I'm just beginning.
• 我刚写完信。
  I've just finished writing a letter.
• 刚开始下雨。
  It began raining just now.

Words starting with 刚

• 刚才gāng cáijust now; a moment ago
• 刚刚gāng gangjust recently; just a moment ago
• 刚好gāng hǎojust; exactly; to happen to be
• 刚强gāng qiángfirm; unyielding
• 刚毅gāng yìresolute; steadfast; stalwart
• 刚巧gāng qiǎoby chance; by coincidence; by good luck
• 刚性gāng xìngrigidity
• 刚烈gāng lièresolute and upright in character; unyielding; staunch
• 刚果Gāng guǒCongo (Congo-Brazzaville or Congo-Kinshasa)
• 刚劲gāng jìngbold; vigorous
• 刚健gāng jiànenergetic; robust
• 刚度gāng dùstiffness
• 刚架gāng jiàrigid frame
• 刚正gāng zhènghonest; upright
• 刚直gāng zhíupright and outspoken
• 刚需gāng xū(economics) rigid demand; inelastic demand (abbr. for 刚性需求
• 刚体gāng tǐrigid body
• 刚正不阿gāng zhèng bù ēupright and plainspoken
• 刚毛gāng máobristle
• 刚果河Gāng guǒ HéCongo River
• 刚察县Gāng chá XiànGangca, a county in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州
• 刚柔并济gāng róu bìng jìto couple strength and gentleness (idiom)
• 刚玉gāng yùcorundum (mineral)
• 刚毅木讷gāng yì mù nèresolute and taciturn (idiom)

Words containing 刚

• 金刚jīn gāngdiamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon)…
• 阳刚yáng gāngmanly; masculine
• 血气方刚xuè qì fāng gāngfull of sap (idiom); young and vigorous
• 金刚山Jīn gāng shānKumgangsan Tourist Region in east North Korea
• 变形金刚Biàn xíng jīn gāngTransformers (franchise)
• 金刚总持Jīn gāng zǒng chíVajradhara
• 金刚石jīn gāng shídiamond; also called 钻石
• 金刚座jīn gāng zuòBodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva)
• 硬刚yìng gāng(slang) to confront sb boldly and resolutely
• 天刚亮tiān gāng liàngdaybreak
• 金刚怒目jīn gāng nù mù(idiom) to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity
• 以柔克刚yǐ róu kè gāngto use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
• 外刚内柔wài gāng nèi róusoft on the inside despite one's hard shell; appearing tough on the outside as to mask…
• 柔能克刚róu néng kè gānglit. the soft can subdue the hard
• 金刚狼Jīn gāng lángWolverine, comic book superhero
• 金刚砂jīn gāng shācarborundum; emery
• 吴永刚Wú Yǒng gāngWu Yonggang (1907-1982), Chinese film director
• 金刚手菩萨Jīn gāng shǒu Pú sàVajrapani Bodhisattva
• 曹刚川Cáo Gāng chuānCao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
• 金刚鹦鹉jīn gāng yīng wǔmacaw
• 金刚杵jīn gāng chǔvajra scepter (ritual object of Buddhism)
• 翟志刚Zhái Zhì gāngZhai Zhigang (1966-), Chinese astronaut
• 金刚萨埵Jīn gāng sà duǒVajrasattva
• 丈二金刚摸不着头脑zhàng èr Jīn gāng mō bu zháo tóu nǎosee 丈二和尚，丈二和尚，摸不着头脑

Characters built on 冈

These share the phonetic component 冈 (gāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 钢gāngsteel
• 岗gǎng(bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post

Characters that look like 刚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence
• 丽lìbeautiful
• 删shānto delete
• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady

Sounds the same

Read gāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 钢steel
• 纲head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 扛to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together
• 冈ridge; mound
• 缸jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry
• 罡stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper
• 肛used in 脱肛
• 杠flagpole; footbridge
• 堈earthen jug, crock, cistern
• 舡boat; ship
• 釭hanging bowl for lamp or fish
• 堽mound