刚

刚(剛) [gāng] 形

1. ■ （硬; 坚强） hard; rigid; firm; unyielding; strong; indomitable:

血气方刚 full of sap;

柔能克刚。 The soft can overcome the hard.

她的舞蹈柔中有刚。 There is strength as well as grace in her dancing.

名

1. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

刚冰 Gang Bing

副

1. ■ （恰好） just; exactly:

刚合适 fit perfectly

2. ■ （表示勉强达到某种程度; 仅仅） barely; only just:

刚成年 be barely of age;

刚赶趟儿 be only just in time;

这条裙子刚过膝。 The skirt comes just below my knees.

3. ■ （表示行动或情况发生在不久以前） only a short while ago; just:

刚刚离开这儿 has just left here;

刚到 have just arrived;

电影刚开始。 The film has just started.

他刚到农村时， 连麦子韭菜都分不清。 When he first came to the countryside, he couldn't tell wheat from Chinese chives.

4. ■ （用“就”字呼应， 表示两件事紧接） as soon as; just; only at this moment; it so happened that:

汽车刚要开他就赶来了。 He came just as the bus was about to leave.

我刚进屋就下雨了。 I had hardly come into the room when it began to rain.