# 剛好
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gānghǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄏㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gong$^1$ hou$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jion$^1$ hau$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kaon-hau$_5$
* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): gan$^1$ hau$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gānghǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄏㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ganghǎo
*** Wade–Giles: kang$^1$-hao$^3$
*** Yale: gāng-hǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganghao
*** Palladius: ганхао (ganxao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑŋ⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gong$^1$ hou$^2$
*** Yale: gōng hóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gong$^1$ hou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gong$^1$ hou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ hou̯³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jion$^1$ hau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiɒ̃¹¹ xau⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kaon-hau$_5$
*** MiniDict: kaon$^平$ hau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kaan-hau$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɑ̃⁵⁵ hɔ²¹/
* Xiang
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: gan$^1$ hau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kan⁴⁴⁵ xɑʊ̯³³/

### Adjective

剛好
* just right

#### Synonyms

* 一定 (yīdìng)
* 停當 / 停当 (tíngdàng)
* 允 (literary, or in compounds)
* 允當 / 允当 (yǔndàng) (literary)
* 合宜 (héyí)
* 合手 (héshǒu)
* 合用 (héyòng) (literary or Min Nan)
* 合適 / 合适 (héshì)
* 啱 (ngaam$^1$) (Cantonese, Hakka)
* 妥 (tuǒ)
* 妥善 (tuǒshàn)
* 妥實 / 妥实 (tuǒshí)
* 妥帖 (tuǒtiē)
* 妥當 / 妥当
* 安帖 (āntiē)
* 定當 / 定当 (dìngdàng)
* 對勁 / 对劲 (duìjìn) (colloquial)
* 對路 / 对路 (duìlù) (colloquial)
* 對頭 / 对头
* 得宜 (déyí) (literary)
* 得當 / 得当 (dédàng)
* 得體 / 得体 (détǐ)
* 恰當 / 恰当 (qiàdàng)
* 拄仔好 (Hokkien)
* 拄好 (Hokkien)
* 的當 / 的当 (dídàng)
* 相宜 (xiāngyí)
* 相當 / 相当 (xiāngdāng)
* 耐 (literary)
* 貼切 / 贴切 (tiēqiè)
* 適合 / 适合 (shìhé)
* 適宜 / 适宜 (shìyí)
* 適用 / 适用 (shìyòng)
* 適當 / 适当 (shìdàng)
* 適量 / 适量 (shìliàng)
* 配合

### Adverb

剛好
* just; exactly
       Tā gānghǎo zhǔnshí dào xiào. [Pinyin]
       He arrived at school exactly on time.
* it so happened that
       Zhàdàn bàozhà de shíhòu, wǒ gānghǎo jiù zài xiànchǎng. [Pinyin]
       When the bomb exploded, I happened to be there.
       Wǒ gānghǎo shǒubiān yǒushì. [Pinyin]
       I am in the middle of something. [lit. I have things to do at hand.]

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 會, 適 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 恰巧, 恰好, 恰恰, 碰巧, 剛好, 剛巧, 正好, 正巧, 趕巧, 湊巧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 正好, 碰巧, 可可兒的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 正好兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 正巧 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 碰巧兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 正巧兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 碰巧 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 正巧兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 正好, 剛好, 碰巧, 湊巧 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 趕巧兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 碰巧, 湊巧 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 正好兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 剛, 妙, 可妙, 湊妙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 正好, 剛好, 剛好兒, 妙的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 正好 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 驗好, 驗好兒, 驗巧, 適巧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 湊巧, 恰巧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 將巧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 剛好, 正好, 剛巧, 正巧, 碰巧, 正, 將好兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 端端, 剛好, 將好, 恰好, 恰恰 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 正巧, 恰恰, 神神 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 恰巧, 湊巧, 碰巧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 剛好, 恰恰的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扣到, 扣扣, 正, 碰巧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 正, 將將 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 剛好, 剛剛好, 齊巧, 正好, 將好 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 碰巧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 正好, 將好, 碰巧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 碰啱, 撞啱, 湊啱, 啱好, 啱, 啱啱, 啱啱好, 啱啱線 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 咁啱, 撞啱, 碰啱, 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 啱啱好 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 啱好 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 啱啱好 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 啱算 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 啱算 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 碰啱 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 啱啱好 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 啱先 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 哏好, 啱 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 啱好, 啱啱 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 合適, 碰巧 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 剛好 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 嵌嵌, 嵌嵌仔, 嵌好, 合式, 緊光 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 啱好, 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 啱算 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 將好, 剛好 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 剛好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 剛好, 可可底, 正好, 正巧 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 正好, 嵌好, 嵌好好兒, 嵌嵌兒, 可好, 可好好兒, 可可兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 剛巧 |
| Jin | Handan | 正好兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頃頃好 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 正正好, 堵堵好 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 注死, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄巧, 拄拄, 拄拄仔好 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄千 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 拄欸好, 注死, 拄, 死病, 湊拄歁, 湊拄歁仔, 湊巧, 湊歁, 湊歁仔, 千千, 千拄千, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 拄仔好 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 堵堵, 堵好, 堵湊 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 堵堵, 堵好 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 湊巧, 恰巧, 堵堵, 啱 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 啱 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 堵堵, 堵遇, 合合, 合昘, 合嘬, 啱, 啱啱 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 合事, 合合, 合昘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 啱, 啱啱 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 正好 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 剛, 齊巧, 正好, 正巧, 剛巧, 剛剛, 剛正好, 剛剛好, 正正好好, 貼正, 貼正好, 恰好, 貼准, 恰恰叫, 恰恰好, 眼眼叫, 眼眼調, 扣揢扣, 碰巧, 湊巧, 齊頭 dated, 齊頭好 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 剛, 剛剛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 剛剛好 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 剛剛好, 正好子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 剛剛好, 恰好 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 正好, 剛, 剛剛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 剛巧, 剛正, 剛好, 齊巧, 齊頭, 眼眼調 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 齊頭數, 齊巧 |
| Wu | Danyang | 湊巧, 齊巧, 剛好, 正好, 齊巧好 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 剛巧, 正巧, 齊巧 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 剛剛, 扣好, 扣扣, 候扣, 眼眼叫, 齊巧 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 恰兩恰兒, 恰恰兒, 扣扣, 扣門兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 頂對, 正好, 正好兒, 剛好 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 剛合, 如勢, 獨如, 正好, 恰好 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 恰好, 正好 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 正好 |
* (it so happened that):
* 偏好
* 剛合 / 刚合 (jian$^1$ ho$^6$) (Xiang)
* 剛巧 / 刚巧 (gāngqiǎo)
* 千千 (Hokkien)
* 千拄千 (Hokkien)
* 嚴剛 / 严刚 (ngan$^2$ jian$^1$) (Xiang)
* 嚴合 / 严合 (ngan$^2$ ho$^6$) (Xiang)
* 堵堵好 (Hakka)
* 堵好 (Hakka)
* 如勢 / 如势 (y$^2$ shr$^4$) (Xiang)
* 恰好 (qiàhǎo)
* 恰巧 (qiàqiǎo)
* 恰恰 (qiàqià)
* 拄仔好 (Hokkien)
* 拄千 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 拄好 (Hokkien)
* 拄搪 (Hokkien)
* 拄䢢 (Hokkien)
* 會 / 会 (literary)
* 正好 (zhènghǎo)
* 正巧 (zhèngqiǎo)
* 湊巧 / 凑巧 (còuqiǎo)
* 湊拄歁 / 凑拄歁 (Hokkien)
* 湊拄歁仔 / 凑拄歁仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 湊歁 / 凑歁 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 碰巧 (pèngqiǎo)
* 趕巧 / 赶巧 (gǎnqiǎo)
* 䢢拄䢢 (Hokkien)
* 適 / 适
* 適值 / 适值 (shìzhí) (literary)
* 頃頃好 / 顷顷好 (ka̿ing-ka̿ing-hǎu) (Northern Min)

### Interjection

剛好
* used by itself to indicate that the correct amount of change has been given