Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 刚才

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
刚才 gāng cái - just now
- a moment ago
刚才 gāng cái - just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2])

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 2 538 1,762 1,428

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gāng- hard
- firm
- strong
- just
- barely
- exactly
cái- ability; talent
- sb of a certain type
- a capable individual
- then and only then
- just now
- (before an expression of quantity) only
cái- (variant of 才[cai2]) just now
- (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only

Other Words Containing 刚才

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
刚才 3 2 538 1,762 1,428