"應該" meaning in Chinese

See 應該 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /iŋ⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /(j)in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /ĩŋ¹¹ kai¹¹/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /iɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /iɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /iɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /eŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /iŋ⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/, /jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/, /in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/, /(j)in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/, /ĩŋ¹¹ kai¹¹/, /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai³³/, /iɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/, /eŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai³³/, /in⁵⁵ ke²¹/ Chinese transliterations: yīnggāi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄥ ㄍㄞ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jing¹ goi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yin-kôi [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ing¹ gai¹ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], èng-kai [Hokkien, POJ], eng-kai [Hokkien, POJ], êng³ gai¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹in-ke, yīnggāi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yinggai [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ying¹-kai¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yīng-gāi [Mandarin, Yale], inggai [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ингай [Mandarin, Palladius], ingaj [Mandarin, Palladius], yīng gōi [Cantonese, Yale], jing¹ goi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ying¹ goi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], yin-kôi [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], in goi´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yin⁴ goi¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yin-kôi [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], in goi´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], yin⁴ goi¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], ing¹ gai¹ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], ìng-kai [Hokkien, Tai-lo], eangkay [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ing-kai [Hokkien, Tai-lo], engkay [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], èng kai [POJ, Teochew], ¹in-ke [Wu], in^平 ke [Wu], /in⁵⁵ ke²¹/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 應該
  1. ought to; should (used as an auxiliary verb)
    Sense id: en-應該-zh-verb-X0TIojkl Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 59 20 21 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 56 6 38
  2. theoretically should [be]
    Sense id: en-應該-zh-verb-yfvteB3s
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to deserve it; serve someone right Tags: Taiwanese-Hokkien
    Sense id: en-應該-zh-verb-qaOjrjW5 Categories (other): Taiwanese Hokkien
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 應該的 (yīnggāi de), 应该的 (yīnggāi de) Related terms: 必須 (bìxū), 必须 (bìxū), 非得 (fēiděi)
Synonyms: 合該 [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 合该 [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 在得 (zai4 de6) [Xiang], 好通 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], (yí), 徑須 (jìngxū) [literary], 径须 (jìngxū) [literary], (yīng), (yīng), 應當 (yīngdāng), 应当 (yīngdāng), [literary], [literary], 會須 (huìxū) [literary], 会须 (huìxū) [literary], 理合 (lǐhé) [literary], 理應 (lǐyīng), 理应 (lǐyīng), 理當 (lǐdāng), 理当 (lǐdāng), [literary], [literary], 直須 (zhíxū) [literary], 直须 (zhíxū) [literary], 相應 (xiāngyīng) [archaic], 相应 (xiāngyīng) [archaic], (gāi), (gāi), 該當 (gāidāng), 该当 (gāidāng)

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīnggāi de",
      "word": "應該的"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīnggāi de",
      "word": "应该的"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "應該",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìxū",
      "word": "必須"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìxū",
      "word": "必须"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fēiděi",
      "word": "非得"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 6 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "No need to thank me — it's been a pleasure.",
          "ref": "不用謝,這是我應該的。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "不用谢,这是我应该的。 [MSC, simp.]\nBùyòngxiè, zhè shì wǒ yīnggāi de. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What points should be paid attention to on the day of the civil service examination?",
          "ref": "公務員考試當天應該注意哪些要點? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "公务员考试当天应该注意哪些要点? [MSC, simp.]\nGōngwùyuán kǎoshì dāngtiān yīnggāi zhùyì nǎxiē yàodiǎn? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I think they have done a good job, so we should raise their wages and give them red envelopes.",
          "ref": "我覺得他們做得很好,應該給他們漲工資,發紅包。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我觉得他们做得很好,应该给他们涨工资,发红包。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒ juéde tāmen zuò de hěn hǎo, yīnggāi gěi tāmen zhǎng gōngzī, fā hóngbāo. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ought to; should (used as an auxiliary verb)"
      ],
      "id": "en-應該-zh-verb-X0TIojkl",
      "links": [
        [
          "ought",
          "ought"
        ],
        [
          "should",
          "should"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It looks like she's already been pregnant for five to six months.",
          "ref": "看來她應該有五六個月的身子了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "看来她应该有五六个月的身子了。 [MSC, simp.]\nKànlái tā yīnggāi yǒu wǔ liù gè yuè de shēnzi le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I think it's today. / It should be today.",
          "ref": "應該係今日啩。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "应该系今日啩。 [Cantonese, simp.]\njing¹ goi¹ hai⁶ gam¹ jat⁶ gwaa³. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "theoretically should [be]",
        "theoretically should"
      ],
      "id": "en-應該-zh-verb-yfvteB3s",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "theoretically should [be]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Taiwanese Hokkien",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to deserve it; serve someone right"
      ],
      "id": "en-應該-zh-verb-qaOjrjW5",
      "links": [
        [
          "deserve",
          "deserve"
        ],
        [
          "serve someone right",
          "serve someone right"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Taiwanese Hokkien) to deserve it; serve someone right"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīnggāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄥ ㄍㄞ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jing¹ goi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin-kôi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ing¹ gai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èng-kai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "eng-kai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êng³ gai¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹in-ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīnggāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yinggai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ying¹-kai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīng-gāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "inggai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ингай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ingaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīng gōi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jing¹ goi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ying¹ goi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin-kôi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "in goi´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin⁴ goi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin-kôi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "in goi´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin⁴ goi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ing¹ gai¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ĩŋ¹¹ kai¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ìng-kai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "eangkay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ing-kai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "engkay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èng kai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹in-ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "in^平 ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/in⁵⁵ ke²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ĩŋ¹¹ kai¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/in⁵⁵ ke²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "合該"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "合该"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zai4 de6",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "在得"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "好通"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yí",
      "word": "宜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jìngxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "徑須"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jìngxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "径须"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīng",
      "word": "應"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīng",
      "word": "应"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīngdāng",
      "word": "應當"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīngdāng",
      "word": "应当"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "會"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "会"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "huìxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "會須"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "huìxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "会须"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǐhé",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "理合"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǐyīng",
      "word": "理應"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǐyīng",
      "word": "理应"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǐdāng",
      "word": "理當"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǐdāng",
      "word": "理当"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "當"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "当"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhíxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "直須"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhíxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "直须"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngyīng",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "相應"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngyīng",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "相应"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāi",
      "word": "該"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāi",
      "word": "该"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāidāng",
      "word": "該當"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāidāng",
      "word": "该当"
    }
  ],
  "word": "應該"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yīnggāi de",
      "word": "應該的"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīnggāi de",
      "word": "应该的"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "應該",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "bìxū",
      "word": "必須"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìxū",
      "word": "必须"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fēiděi",
      "word": "非得"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "No need to thank me — it's been a pleasure.",
          "ref": "不用謝,這是我應該的。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "不用谢,这是我应该的。 [MSC, simp.]\nBùyòngxiè, zhè shì wǒ yīnggāi de. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What points should be paid attention to on the day of the civil service examination?",
          "ref": "公務員考試當天應該注意哪些要點? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "公务员考试当天应该注意哪些要点? [MSC, simp.]\nGōngwùyuán kǎoshì dāngtiān yīnggāi zhùyì nǎxiē yàodiǎn? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I think they have done a good job, so we should raise their wages and give them red envelopes.",
          "ref": "我覺得他們做得很好,應該給他們漲工資,發紅包。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我觉得他们做得很好,应该给他们涨工资,发红包。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒ juéde tāmen zuò de hěn hǎo, yīnggāi gěi tāmen zhǎng gōngzī, fā hóngbāo. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ought to; should (used as an auxiliary verb)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ought",
          "ought"
        ],
        [
          "should",
          "should"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It looks like she's already been pregnant for five to six months.",
          "ref": "看來她應該有五六個月的身子了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "看来她应该有五六个月的身子了。 [MSC, simp.]\nKànlái tā yīnggāi yǒu wǔ liù gè yuè de shēnzi le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I think it's today. / It should be today.",
          "ref": "應該係今日啩。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "应该系今日啩。 [Cantonese, simp.]\njing¹ goi¹ hai⁶ gam¹ jat⁶ gwaa³. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "theoretically should [be]",
        "theoretically should"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "theoretically should [be]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Taiwanese Hokkien"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to deserve it; serve someone right"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deserve",
          "deserve"
        ],
        [
          "serve someone right",
          "serve someone right"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Taiwanese Hokkien) to deserve it; serve someone right"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīnggāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄥ ㄍㄞ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jing¹ goi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin-kôi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ing¹ gai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èng-kai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "eng-kai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êng³ gai¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹in-ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīnggāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yinggai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ying¹-kai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīng-gāi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "inggai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ингай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ingaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīng gōi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jing¹ goi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ying¹ goi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin-kôi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "in goi´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin⁴ goi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin-kôi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "in goi´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yin⁴ goi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ing¹ gai¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ĩŋ¹¹ kai¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ìng-kai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "eangkay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ing-kai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "engkay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èng kai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹in-ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "in^平 ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/in⁵⁵ ke²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ĩŋ¹¹ kai¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/in⁵⁵ ke²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "合該"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "合该"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zai4 de6",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "在得"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "好通"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yí",
      "word": "宜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìngxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "徑須"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìngxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "径须"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīng",
      "word": "應"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīng",
      "word": "应"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīngdāng",
      "word": "應當"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīngdāng",
      "word": "应当"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "會"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "会"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huìxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "會須"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huìxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "会须"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǐhé",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "理合"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǐyīng",
      "word": "理應"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǐyīng",
      "word": "理应"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǐdāng",
      "word": "理當"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǐdāng",
      "word": "理当"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "當"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "当"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhíxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "直須"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhíxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "直须"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngyīng",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "相應"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngyīng",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "相应"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāi",
      "word": "該"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāi",
      "word": "该"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāidāng",
      "word": "該當"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāidāng",
      "word": "该当"
    }
  ],
  "word": "應該"
}

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