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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
Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

该
gāi
should, ought to, must
HSK 3 8 丶

Compound Words (14)

不该
bùgāi
should not
该应
gāiyīng
should
该死
gāisǐ
Damn it!
该当
gāidāng
should
该隐
Gāiyǐn
Cain (name)
合该
hégāi
ought to
应该
yīnggāi
ought to
HSK 3
活该
huógāi
(coll.) serve sb right
HSK 6
该亚
Gāiyà
Gaea, the Earth Goddess and mother of the Titans
该博
gāibó
erudite
亚该亚
Yàgāiyà
Achaia
哈该书
Hāgāishū
Book of Haggai
米该亚
Mǐgāiyà
Micah
撒都该人
sādūgāirén
Sadducees

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
318
Word Frequency Rank
167 of 84,292

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