How to Say ‘Just happened to’ in Traditional Chinese
只是剛好
zhǐ shì gāng hǎo
[jir-shir gahng-how]
💬 Usage Tip: [只是剛好] is a handy way to downplay something: literally "it just happened to be so." You can expand it easily, like [只是剛好路過] or [只是剛好想到].
Phrase Breakdown
只是
zhǐ shì
[jir-shir]
just; only
Used to make something sound less intentional or less serious.
沒有那麼厲害啦，我只是剛好知道。
I'm not that amazing—I just happened to know.
剛好
gāng hǎo
[gahng-how]
just by chance; happened to
Suggests coincidence rather than planning.
我只是剛好坐在你旁邊，不是故意的。
I just happened to sit next to you—it wasn't on purpose.
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