应
该

Ought to in Chinese: 应该 (yīng gāi)

yīng gāi

ought to

HSK 3Traditional: 應該2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1ought to
  2. 2should
  3. 3must

Stroke order

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应
该

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄥ

yīng

ㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄍㄞ

gāi

ㄍ/ gㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

应该

Simplified

應該

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我应该去做。

    wǒ yīng gāi qù zuò。

    I should do it.

  • 你应该付钱。

    nǐ yīng gāi fù qián。

    You should pay for it.

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Related words

该

gāi

should

应

yìng

to answer

适应

shì yìng

to adapt

答应

dā ying

to answer

反应

fǎn yìng

to react

应付

yìng fu

to deal with

应聘

yìng pìn

to accept a job offer

应用

yìng yòng

to put to use

应当

yīng dāng

should

供应

gōng yìng

to supply

对应

duì yìng

to correspond (to)

相应

xiāng yìng

to correspond

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