该

Should in Chinese: 该 (gāi)

gāi

should

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 該1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1should
  2. 2ought to
  3. 3probably
  4. 4must be
  5. 5to deserve
  6. 6to owe
  7. 7to be sb's turn to do sth
  8. 8that
  9. 9the above-mentioned

Stroke order

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该

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄞ

gāi

ㄍ/ gㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

该

Simplified

該

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 很晚了，我们该回家了。

    hěn wǎn le， wǒ men gāi huí jiā le。

    It's very late; we should go home now.

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Related words

应该

yīng gāi

ought to

活该

huó gāi

(coll.) serve sb right

改

gǎi

to change

感到

gǎn dào

to feel

刚

gāng

hard

高中

gāo zhōng

senior high school

公交车

gōng jiāo chē

public transport vehicle

公路

gōng lù

highway

关机

guān jī

to turn off (a machine or device)

过来

guò lái

to come over

过年

guò nián

to celebrate the Chinese New Year

海

hǎi

ocean

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