(bù gāi) - should not, ought not to in Mandarin
bùgāiTraditional: 不該
HSK 3
#779 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
should not, ought not to
Word origin
A two-character expression: 不 'not' plus 该 'ought to, should' (the simplified speech radical 讠with 亥 hài as phonetic). Together 不该 means 'should not'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 不 (not) + 该 (讠speech + 亥 hài phonetic)
Stroke order
不
该
Examples
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You should not say that.
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I should not have been late.
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He should not give up.
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You should not have spoken to her like that.
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I should not have trusted him.
不该 (bù gāi) means should not, ought not to. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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