HSK 6

语气副词:才、刚好、偏、恰好

Adverbs expressing mood: 才、刚好、偏、恰好

Explanation

These modal adverbs are used to emphasize the speaker's attitude or the coincidental nature of a situation. '才' here expresses strong negation or refusal (e.g. '我才不要' means 'I absolutely don't want it'). '刚好' and '恰好' both mean that something happens just right, by coincidence, but '刚好' is more colloquial while '恰好' is more literary. '偏' indicates deliberately or unexpectedly doing the opposite, carrying a sense of stubbornness or contrast (e.g. '偏要去' - insist on going).

Examples

我才不要父母的钱呢,我要自己赚钱。
cáiyàodeqiánneyàozhuànqián
我要出门找他的时候他刚好回来了。
yàochūménzhǎodeshíhòugānghǎohuíláile
北方的冬天极其寒冷,可他圣诞节偏要去那儿旅行。
běifāngdedōngtiānhánlěngshèngdànjiépiānyàoérxíng
哥哥非常粗心,弟弟却恰好相反。
gefēichángxīndiquèqiàhǎoxiāngfǎn

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