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Keyword
should
  • ought to
  • must
Frequency
#202
Strokes
8
Readings
gāi100%
Mnemonic
讠 (speech) gives the meaning and 亥 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
该gāi
should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
应该yīnggāi
ought to; should; must
不该bùgāi
should not
该死gāisǐ
Damn it!; damned; wretched
活该huógāi
(coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should
该当gāidāng
should; to deserve
该隐Gāiyǐn
Cain (name); Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology
罪该万死zuìgāiwànsǐ
(idiom) deserving the severest punishment; death is too good for sb
合该hégāi
ought to; should
该博gāibó
erudite; broad and profound; learned