# 刚才 (gāngcái)

In Mandarin Chinese, 刚才 (gāngcái) means “just now; a moment ago”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: just now; a moment ago
- Pinyin: gāngcái (gang1 cai2)
- Traditional: 剛才
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 刚才是我给谁打电话？
  Gāngcái shì shéi gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà?
  Who called me just now?

## Characters

- [刚](https://hanziro.com/word/gang-just-now/) (gāng): just now; just, only
- [才](https://hanziro.com/word/cai-only-then/) (cái): only then; just now

https://hanziro.com/word/gang-cai-just-now/

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