Moment ago in Chinese
a moment ago · HSK 3
刚才
- 刚 just
- 才 just
你刚才去哪儿了？ Where did you go just now?
Other ways to say moment ago
More words with 刚 or 才
How do you say moment ago in Chinese?
Moment ago in Chinese is 刚才 (gāng cái). You can also say 刚刚 (gāng gāng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.