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gāi

HSK 2 · word 663 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

我该去吗?

wǒ gāi qù ma

Ought I to go?

The character 该

is beside , and it says what ought to be: 应该 is the full form and 该走了 is time we went. In formal writing it also points back — 该公司, the said company.

Words containing 该

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