How to Say ‘Just now’ in Traditional Chinese
剛才
gāng cái
[gahng-tsai]
💬 Usage Tip: [剛才] means "just now" for a moment in the recent past. For "just" before a verb, Chinese often uses [剛]: [我剛到] = I just arrived.
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.
剛才那個路口其實就可以停了。
Actually, you could have stopped at that intersection just now.
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