应该(yīng gāi): ought to
ought to
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 应该 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
男人应该工作。
nán rén yīng gāi gōng zuò
Men should work.
应该尊敬老师。
yīng gāi zūn jìng lǎo shī
One should respect his teachers.
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