刚

（硬; 坚强） hard; rigid; firm; unyielding; strong; indomitable:

• 血气方刚

  full of sap;

• 柔能克刚。

  The soft can overcome the hard.

• 她的舞蹈柔中有刚。

  There is strength as well as grace in her dancing.

（姓氏） a surname:

• 刚冰

  Gang Bing

（恰好） just; exactly:

• 刚合适

  fit perfectly

（表示勉强达到某种程度; 仅仅） barely; only just:

• 刚成年

  be barely of age;

• 刚赶趟儿

  be only just in time;

• 这条裙子刚过膝。

  The skirt comes just below my knees.

（表示行动或情况发生在不久以前） only a short while ago; just:

• 刚刚离开这儿

  has just left here;

• 刚到

  have just arrived;

• 电影刚开始。

  The film has just started.

• 他刚到农村时， 连麦子韭菜都分不清。

  When he first came to the countryside, he couldn't tell wheat from Chinese chives.

（用“就”字呼应， 表示两件事紧接） as soon as; just; only at this moment; it so happened that:

• 汽车刚要开他就赶来了。

  He came just as the bus was about to leave.

• 我刚进屋就下雨了。

  I had hardly come into the room when it began to rain.