# 剛才
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāngcái
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄘㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gong$^1$ coi$^4$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gang$^1$ cai$^5$
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): gan$^1$ zai$^2$ / jian$^1$ zai$^2$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): jian$^1$ zai$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gāngcái
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄘㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gangcái
*** Wade–Giles: kang$^1$-tsʻai$^2$
*** Yale: gāng-tsái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gangtsair
*** Palladius: ганцай (gancaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$剛才 / 刚才 鋼材 / 钢材
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gong$^1$ coi$^4$
*** Yale: gōng chòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gong$^1$ tsoi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gong$^1$ coi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gang$^1$ cai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang tshâi
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: gan$^1$ zai$^2$ / jian$^1$ zai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kan³³ t͡sai̯¹³/, /t͡ɕi̯æn³³ t͡sai̯¹³/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: jian$^1$ zai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯an⁴⁴⁵ d̥͡z̥ai̯¹¹/

### Adverb

剛才
* just; just now; a moment ago
       Wǒ shōuhuí wǒ gāngcái shuō de huà. [Pinyin]
       I take back what I just said.
       Tā gāngcái gěi jiào zǒu qù kāi yī ge zhòngyào huìyì. [Pinyin]
       He has just been called away to an important meeting.
       Nǐ gāngcái de jiǎnghuà ràng wǒ fēicháng de nánguò. [Pinyin]
       Your speech just now made me very sad.

#### Synonyms

* 今仔 (Hokkien)
* 剛剛 / 刚刚 (gānggāng)
* 方才 (fāngcái)
* 暫 / 暂 (zàn) (literary)
* 站仔 (Hokkien)
* 適才 / 适才 (shìcái)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 剛才, 方才, 適才, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 剛才, 才剛, 將才 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 才剛兒, 頭先, 頭前兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 剛才 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 剛才, 剛剛的 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 剛打剛兒, 剛剛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 才剛, 才剛剛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 剛剛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 剛才 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 才才 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 才剛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 剛才, 才剛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 剛頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 才剛, 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 先頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 才剛, 剛才, 才一路, 才路, 一路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 頭先, 啱先 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 剛才, 才剛, 剛剛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 剛才, 才剛, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 剛才 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話, 疇先 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 正就 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 頭先, 啱啱, 啱先, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 剛啱, 舊家 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 舊先 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 啱青 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 頭先, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蚊蚊, 啱先, 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 頭先, 啱先 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 啱先 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 啱啱, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 頭先, 啱啱 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 剛腳, 一腳 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 剛腳 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 頭先, 啱先, 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 先頭, 頭先 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 正先 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 正先 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 早先 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 頭先 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 正先 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 早回 |
| Hakka | Changting | 頭先 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 頭間 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 正 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 當頭 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 正 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 剛正哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 頭先 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 啱 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 啱先 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 正先 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛之 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 剛才, 剛剛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頃先, 頃, 頃頃 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 頭先, 頭先早, 連眼, 連刻, 矢文 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 拄 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 頭站仔, 拄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 前拄仔, 盡拄仔, 拄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 拄拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 拄仔才 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 頭陣仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 頭拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 麻汝, 耽仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 麻汝, 頭先, 頭早 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 站仔, 頭站仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 頭陣, 同早, 同旰 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 剛才 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 同早, 同旰, 頭先, 同陣, 頭陣, 自早 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 同旰 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 麻汝, 頭先, 同早 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 當奉囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 頭先, 開頭, 啱啱, 啱先 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 啱先, 頭先, 幾早, 頭幾早 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 剛剛, 剛, 剛正, 開開 dated, 客客 dated, 方才 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 剛剛, 剛剛頭, 剛巧 |
| Wu | Danyang | 剛才, 剛剛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 剛剛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 剛剛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頭前, 頭先, 頭兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 剛才, 才剛, 嚴剛 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 剛剛 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 當好, 才當 |