Translation of 该 to English with examples of 该 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

该

該

gāi

av. should, to be somebody's turn to do something

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Other meanings

[gāi] v./pro. to owe; this, indicating somebody or something mentioned before, mainly used in formal document
[gāi] v. to deserve, ought to, would (used in exclamatory sentences as an intensifier)

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CHARACTER COMPOSITION

RADICAL

讠 speech (for 该)

言 to say, to talk; speech, word; character, word, sentence (for 該)

SIMILAR CHARACTERS

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Simplified Chinese

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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

EXAMPLES

我们该买一些苹果了。

我們該買一些蘋果了。

wǒ men gāi mǎi yì xiē píng guǒ le .

phr. We should buy some apples.

该我了。

該我了。

gāi wǒ le

phr. It's my turn.

请问我该去哪儿取行李?

請問我該去哪兒取行李?

qǐng wèn wǒ gāi qù nár qǔ xíng li

phr. Excuse me, where should I go to pick up the luggage?

看，该你了。

看，該你了。

kàn gāi nǐ le .

phr. Look, it's your turn.

该出发了。

該出發了。

gāi chū fā le

phr. It's time to set out.

该睡觉了！

該睡覺了！

gāi shuì jiào le

phr. Time for bed! (You) should go to sleep now!