应 该

yīnggāi

“Ought to” in Chinese is 应该 (yīnggāi).

Meaning

ought to; should; must

Example

我应该知道。

I should know.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yīngHSK 27 strokesto agree (to do sth)gāiHSK 28 strokesshould

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