应该 - Mandarin word #109

应该

yīnggāi

Traditional: 应該

HSK 2

#109 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

should, ought to, must

Stroke order

应

该

。

You should apologize.

。

We ought to leave now.

。

He should know.

。

Children should read more books.

。

You should not speak like that.

应该 (yīng gāi) means should, ought to, must. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

必须

must, have to

不行

won't do, not okay, cannot

可

may, can, to approve

要

to want; will; need to

只要

as long as, provided that, if only

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 3.