该 (該) gāi

  1. gāi verb should; ought to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '該' 2; NNCED 1 '该' 1; Unihan'該')
  2. gāi adverb most likely
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (NNCED 1 '该' 5)
  3. gāi pronoun that; above-mentioned
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Also classified as a determiner (Guoyu '該' pronoun; NNCED 3 '该').
  4. gāi adverb should
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 应当; used to modify another verb (Guoyu '該' adv; NNCED 1 '该' 4)
  5. gāi verb to owe
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
    Notes: In the sense of 欠 (Guoyu '該' v 3; NNCED 2 '该')
  6. gāi verb to serve someone right; to deserve
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NNCED 1 '该' 3)
  7. gāi adverb wholly; completely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '該' 1)
  8. gāi verb to be somebody's turn
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (NNCED 1 '该' 2)
  9. gāi verb to possess
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 具备 (Guoyu '該' v 1)
  10. gāi verb to bring together
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 囊括 (Guoyu '該' v 2)
  11. gāi verb to be doomed; to be destined
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 注定 (Guoyu '該' v 4)

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哑撇释该而 、 亚该亚

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