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CHINESE CHARACTER

gāi

该

该

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that

Numbered pinyin
gai1
English meanings
det.: this, that

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 讠; right 亥.

Meaning & sound clues

讠 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “speech”.

亥 is identified as the sound component (hài). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 该.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰讠亥

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    xiànzài现在gāi该zǒu走le了。

    It's time to go.

  2. 02

    gāi该shuìjiào睡觉le了。

    Time to sleep.

  3. 03

    zhè这shì事gāi该nǐ你zuò做。

    It's your turn to do this.

  4. 04

    tā他gāi该lái来le了。

    He should be here by now.

  5. 05

    gāi该xiūxi休息jiù就xiūxi休息。

    Rest when you should.

  6. 06

    gāi该shuō说dehuà的话yào要shuō说。

    Say what needs to be said.

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