该 該
该該 in English
- should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned
Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 該, the traditional character: 该 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Clerical script 東漢 - See all 4 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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"妈妈，我能吃一块饼干吗？" "不行，不该在3餐间吃。"
"Mum, can I have a biscuit?" "No, you shouldn't eat between meals."
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“我该做什么呢？”我自言自语道。
"What shall I do?" I said to myself.
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Linux是一个免费的操作系统。你应该去试用一下。
Linux is a free operating system; you should try it.
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不，这样不对。应该设α等于β。
No, that's not right. You have to set α equal to β.
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为了养足精神，你应该早点去睡觉。
You should go to sleep early, for restfulness sake.