剛好

剛好

See also: 刚好

Chinese

		hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly	good; well; be fond of
trad. (剛好)		剛	好
simp. (刚好)		刚	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānghǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ hou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gānghǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganghao
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹ hou²
    • Yale: gōng hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ hou²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ hou̯³⁵/

Adjective

剛好

1. just right

Adverb

剛好

1. just; exactly

   他剛好準時到校。 / 他刚好准时到校。  ―  Tā gānghǎo zhǔnshí dào xiào.  ―  He arrived at school exactly on time.

2. it so happened that

   炸彈爆炸的時候，我剛好就在現場。 [MSC, trad.]
   炸弹爆炸的时候，我刚好就在现场。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhàdàn bàozhà de shíhòu, wǒ gānghǎo jiù zài xiànchǎng. [Pinyin]

   When the bomb exploded, I happened to be there.

   我剛好手邊有事。 / 我刚好手边有事。  ―  Wǒ gānghǎo shǒubiān yǒushì.  ―  I am in the middle of something. [lit. I have things to do at hand.]

Synonyms

• (it so happened that):

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Synonyms of 剛好

䢢拄䢢 (Min Nan) 偏好 (piānhǎo) 剛巧／刚巧 (gāngqiǎo) 千千 (qiānqiān) (Min Nan) 千拄千 (Min Nan) 恰好 (qiàhǎo) 恰巧 (qiàqiǎo) 恰恰 (qiàqià) 拄䢢 (Min Nan) 拄千 (Min Nan)

拄搪 (Min Nan) 正巧 (zhèngqiǎo) 湊巧／凑巧 (còuqiǎo) 湊拄歁／凑拄歁 (Min Nan) 湊拄歁仔／凑拄歁仔 (Min Nan) 湊歁／凑歁 (Min Nan) 碰巧 (pèngqiǎo) 趕巧／赶巧 (gǎnqiǎo) 適值／适值 (shìzhí) (literary)

Interjection

剛好

1. used by itself to indicate that the correct amount of change has been given