How to Say ‘Just now = a moment ago’ in Traditional Chinese
剛才 = 剛剛
gāng cái gāng gāng
[gahng-tsai gahng-gahng]
💬 Usage Tip: [剛才] and [剛剛] both mean "just now." In everyday Taiwan speech, [剛剛] is often a little more conversational.
Phrase Breakdown
剛才
gāng cái
[gahng-tsai]
just now; a moment ago
Refers to something that happened very recently in the conversation or during the ride.
剛才您不是說可以停這裡嗎？
Didn't you just say you could stop here?
剛剛
gāng gāng
[gahng-gahng]
just now; a moment ago
A very common spoken Taiwanese Mandarin way to say something happened a short time ago.
剛剛我們是不是開過頭了？
Did we just go too far?
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