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Expressing 'just now' with 刚 (gāng)
HSK 2Aspect & Tense
Time Expressions
Structure
Subject + 刚 + Verb
Explanation
刚 means "just" or "just now," indicating that an action happened very recently. It is placed before the verb and is not used with 了, since the recency is already implied. For example, 我刚到 means "I just arrived" and 他刚走 means "He just left."
Examples
我刚下课，马上就到。
wǒ gāng xiàkè, mǎshàng jiù dào.
I just got out of class, I'll be there soon.
别找了，他刚出去。
bié zhǎo le, tā gāng chūqù.
Stop looking, he just went out.
我刚搬到这个城市，还不太熟。
wǒ gāng bān dào zhège chéngshì, hái bú tài shú.
I just moved to this city, I'm not very familiar with it yet.