该 [gāi]

• 动词
  • （应当） should; ought to:

    should be punished;

    该罚

    That's just as it should be.

    本来就该如此。

  • （应当是） be sb.'s turn to do sth.:

    It's your turn now.

    该你了。

    Who's the next speaker?

    下一个该谁发言?

  • （理应如此） deserve:

    You really deserve a good beating, you naughty boy.

    你这个调皮孩子真该打。

    It serves him right, he shouldn't have broken the rules.

    该， 谁叫他不守纪律。

  • （欠） owe:

    How much do you owe him?

    你该他多少钱?

    I don't owe him by way of gratitude.

    我不该他的情。

• 副词
  • （表示推测、估计） most likely; probably; ought to; should:

    Look! It's late. Mother will grumble again.

    你瞧， 这么晚了， 妈妈又该唠叨了!

    If they had started at two o'clock, they ought to have got there by now.

    他们如果是两点出发的， 现在该到那儿了。

  • （用在感叹句中加强语气）:

    How heavy our responsibilities are!

    我们的责任该有多重啊!

    How nice it would be if I could go with you!

    要是我能跟你一块去， 那该多好哇!

• 代词
  • （指上文说过的人或事物） this; that; the above-mentioned; the said:

    that case;

    该案

    the above-mentioned school;

    该校

  • 同 “赅” [gāi]
• 名
  • （姓氏） a surname:
  • （姓氏） a surname:

    Gai Yuanwei

    该元伟