HSK 3 vocabularyHSK 3.0

该

gāi

Traditional: 該

to deserve

HSK 3HSK 6
HSK 3 flashcards →Quiz

Meanings of 该 in English

gāiHSK 3verbSyllabus #635
  1. to deserve
  2. to owe
  3. to be sb's turn to do sth
  4. should
  5. ought to
  6. probably
  7. must be
  8. that
gāiHSK 6pronounSyllabus #4013
  1. should
  2. ought to
  3. probably
  4. must be
  5. that
  6. the above-mentioned
  7. to deserve
  8. to owe

Example sentences

  1. 有什么事是我该做的吗？
    yǒu shén me shì shì wǒ gāi zuò de ma？
    Is there anything I must do?
    Tatoeba #334319 by fucongcong · #274614 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我在想我今天该干什么。
    wǒ zài xiǎng wǒ jīn tiān gāi gàn shén me。
    I wonder what I should do today.
    Tatoeba #335326 by fucongcong · #243030 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 你记得自己该买蜡烛吗？
    nǐ jì de zì jǐ gāi mǎi là zhú ma？
    Did you remember that you were supposed to buy candles?
    Tatoeba #5571951 by verdastelo9604 · #3599143 by karloelkebekio · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

Tap the character to see its stroke order

HSK words with 该

应该HSK 3活该HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences