该

Meaning(verb, pronoun)

should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned

Examples

• 已经十二点了，我该睡觉了。

  yǐ jīng shí èr diǎn le, wǒ gāi shuì jiào le.

  It's already midnight, I should go to bed.

• 下一个该你了。

  xià yí gè gāi nǐ le.

  You're next.

• 现在我们该怎么办？

  xiàn zài wǒ men gāi zěn me bàn?

  What should we do now?

Easily confused

• 应该 — 该 is shorter and more colloquial than 应该; only 该 has the 'it's someone's turn' sense (该你了).

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