该 (該)
gāi
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

应该
yīng gāi
  1. 1 ought to
  2. 2 should
  3. 3 must
该
gāi
  1. 1 should
  2. 2 ought to
  3. 3 probably
  4. 4 must be
  5. 5 to deserve
  6. 6 to owe
  7. 7 to be sb's turn to do sth
  8. 8 that
  9. 9 the above-mentioned
合该
hé gāi
  1. 1 ought to
  2. 2 should
活该
huó gāi
  1. 1 (coll.) serve sb right
  2. 2 deservedly
  3. 3 ought
  4. 4 should

Sample Sentences

老板，过奖了。这是我应该做的。
lǎobǎn ，guòjiǎng le 。zhè shì wǒ yīnggāi zuò de 。
Boss, you’re overcomplimenting me. This my responsibility.
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你最近太贪玩儿了，成绩下滑了不少，差不多该收收心了。
nǐ zuìjìn tài tānwán r le ，chéngjì xiàhuá le bùshǎo ，chàbuduō gāi shōu shōuxīn le 。
You have been too playful lately and your grades have dropped a lot. It's almost time to get back to study mode.
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应该是因为淡季。
yīnggāi shì yīnwèi dànjì 。
It might due to the low season.
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你总是要我在你身旁，说幸福该是什么模样。
nǐ zǒngshì yào wǒ zài nǐ shēn páng ，shuō xìngfú gāi shì shénme múyàng 。
You’ve always wanted me to be next to you, saying how love is supposed to be.
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那我该怎么办...
nà wǒ gāi zěnmebàn ...
Then, what should I do?
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别担心，博爱座应该是优先给有需要的人，去坐吧。
bié dānxīn ，bóàizuò yīnggāi shì yōuxiān gěi yǒu xūyào de rén ，qù zuò ba 。
Don't worry, these priority seats should be given priority to those in need, go take the seat.
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乐广在家中思来想去、东翻西找，最后在客厅一抬头便看见墙上挂了一只弓，弯弯曲曲地像条蛇似的。脑中突然灵光一闪，心想：该不会和这只弓有关吧？于是乐广发挥了科学办案的精神，决定来个案情重组。
YuèGuǎng zài jiā zhōng sīláixiǎngqù 、dōngfānxīzhǎo ，zuìhòu zài kètīng yī táitóu biàn kànjiàn qiáng shàng guà le yī zhī gōng ，wānwānqūqū de xiàng tiáo shé shìde 。nǎozhōng tūrán língguāngyìshǎn ，xīnxiǎng ：gāi bùhuì hé zhè zhī gōng yǒuguān ba ？yúshì YuèGuǎng fāhuī le kēxué bànàn de jīngshén ，juédìng lái ge ànqíng chóngzǔ 。
Yue Guang racked his brain and searched everywhere at his place. Finally, he looked up in the living room and saw a bow hanging on the wall. The bow looks twisted like a snake. A light bulb went on in his brain, "Could the bow has something to do with this?" He thought. Then he decided to reorganise the case with the spirit of tackling this case using science.
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应该的。
yīnggāi de 。
It’s what I should do.
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秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
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这没什么，是我应该做的。
zhè méishénme ，shì wǒ yīnggāi zuò de 。
It’s nothing. This is what I should do.
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