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gāi

Main
English Definition	should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be somebody's turn to do something; that; the above-mentioned
Simplified Script	该
Traditional Script	該
Pinyin	gāi
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄍㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	goi¹
Part of Speech	(动) verb, (助动) auxiliary verb
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=2,7 TOCFL=5,6

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Words With Same Head Word
该死	gāisǐ	Damn it!; damned; wretched
该当	gāidāng	should; to deserve
该亚	gāiyà	Gaea, the Earth Goddess and mother of the Titans
该博	gāibó	erudite; broad and profound; learned
该应	gāiyīng	should

Words With Same Tail Word
应该	yīnggāi	ought to; should; must
活该	huógāi	(coll.) to serve somebody right; deservedly; ought; should
不该	bùgāi	should not; to owe nothing
合该	hégāi	ought to; should
但该	dàngāi	but this

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