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该
該
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
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Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (14)
不该
bùgāi
should not
合该
hégāi
ought to
应该
yīnggāi
ought to
活该
huógāi
(coll.) serve sb right
该亚
Gāiyà
Gaea, the Earth Goddess and mother of the Titans
该博
gāibó
erudite
该应
gāiyīng
should
该死
gāisǐ
Damn it!
该当
gāidāng
should
该隐
Gāiyǐn
Cain (name)
亚该亚
Yàgāiyà
Achaia
哈该书
Hāgāishū
Book of Haggai
米该亚
Mǐgāiyà
Micah
撒都该人
sādūgāirén
Sadducees
Example Sentences (5)
上次女儿问我飞机是怎么起飞和降落的，真不知道该怎么回答她，她现在总是有各种各样的“为什么”。
Shàngcì nǚ'ér wèn wǒ fēijī shì zěnme qǐfēi hé jiàngluò de, zhēn bù zhīdào gāi zěnme huídá tā, tā xiànzài zǒngshì yǒu gèzhǒng gèyàng de "wèishénme".
Last time my daughter asked me how airplanes take off and land, I really didn't know how to answer her. Now she always has all kinds of "whys".
Text 1
该加油了，去机场的路上有加油站吗？
Gāi jiāyóu le, qù jīchǎng de lùshàng yǒu jiāyóuzhàn ma?
It's time to refuel. Is there a gas station on the way to the airport?
Text 1
谢谢您！现在有很多事情等着我做，真不知道该先做哪个好。
Xièxiè nín! Xiànzài yǒu hěn duō shìqing děngzhe wǒ zuò, zhēn bù zhīdào gāi xiān zuò nǎ ge hǎo.
Thank you! I have a lot to do right now, and I really don't know which one to do first.
Text 2
其实我考得也不怎么样。有几个填空题不会做，有几个选择题，实在想不出来该选哪个，就随便猜了一个答案，结果一个都没猜对。
Qíshí wǒ kǎo de yě bù zěnme yàng. Yǒu jǐ gè tiánkòng tí bú huì zuò, yǒu jǐ gè xuǎnzé tí, shízài xiǎng bù chūlái gāi xuǎn nǎ gè, jiù suíbiàn cāi le yí gè dá'àn, jiéguǒ yí gè dōu méi cāi duì.
Actually, I didn’t do very well on the exam. There were a few fill-in-the-blank questions I couldn’t do, and for a few multiple-choice questions I really couldn’t figure out which option to choose, so I just guessed an answer, and in the end I didn’t guess a single one right.
Text 2
是啊，只有学会放弃，才能把自己的能力用到最该做的事情上，最后获得成功。
Shì a, zhǐyǒu xuéhuì fàngqì, cáinéng bǎ zìjǐ de nénglì yòng dào zuì gāi zuò de shìqíng shàng, zuìhòu huòdé chénggōng.
Yes, only by learning to let go can you apply your abilities to what most needs doing, and in the end achieve success.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 318
- Word Frequency Rank
- 167 of 84,292