A0 · reviewed · real-chinese

我刚到。

I just arrived.
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Practice path

Make this line survive without the page.

Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.

0/4 recalled Next: hear it cold. Continue next step

Scene

When to use it

Texting or telling someone you have arrived at the place.

Risk

safe

If you are already waiting somewhere specific, add 我在楼下 or 我在门口.

Literal

I just arrive.

刚 is a very useful time marker meaning just. This short line appears constantly in real messages.

Examples

Say it inside real sentences.

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01 I just arrived. I am at the entrance.
02 Sorry, I just arrived.

Mini dialogue

Hear the social move.

Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.

A Have you arrived?
B I just arrived.

Contrast

Do not blur these together.

01 I arrived.
02 I just arrived.

Recall prompts

Check whether it survived.

01 · What does 我刚到。 mean?

Answer: I just arrived.

刚 means just; 到 means arrive.

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02 · Fill the pinyin for 刚到。

Answer: gāng dào

刚 is first tone; 到 is fourth tone.

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03 · Which line adds the meaning just?

Answer: 我刚到。

刚 makes the arrival recent.

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