# 應該
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yīnggāi
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄍㄞ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jing$^1$ goi$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yin-kôi
* Jin (Wiktionary): ing$^1$ gai$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): èng-kai / eng-kai
    (Teochew, Peng'im): êng$^3$ gai$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$in-ke
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yīnggāi
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄍㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yinggai
*** Wade–Giles: ying$^1$-kai$^1$
*** Yale: yīng-gāi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inggai
*** Palladius: ингай (ingaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jing$^1$ goi$^1$
*** Yale: yīng gōi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jing$^1$ goi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ying$^1$ goi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin-kôi
*** Hakka Romanization System: in goi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yin$^4$ goi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin-kôi
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)in goi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yin$^4$ goi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)in⁵⁵ koi̯²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ing$^1$ gai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ĩŋ¹¹ kai¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: èng-kai
*** Tâi-lô: ìng-kai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: eangkay
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kai³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-kai
*** Tâi-lô: ing-kai
*** Phofsit Daibuun: engkay
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: êng$^3$ gai$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: èng kai
*** Sinological IPA : /eŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$in-ke
*** MiniDict: in$^平$ ke
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$in-ke
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ ke²¹/

### Verb

應該
* ought to; should (used as an auxiliary verb)
       Bùyòngxiè, zhè shì wǒ yīnggāi de. [Pinyin]
       No need to thank me — it's been a pleasure.
       Gōngwùyuán kǎoshì dāngtiān yīnggāi zhùyì nǎxiē yàodiǎn? [Pinyin]
       What points should be paid attention to on the day of the civil service examination?
       Wǒ juéde tāmen zuò de hěn hǎo, yīnggāi gěi tāmen zhǎng gōngzī, fā hóngbāo. [Pinyin]
       I think they have done a good job, so we should raise their wages and give them red envelopes.
* theoretically should [be]
       Kànlái tā yīnggāi yǒu wǔ liù gè yuè de shēnzi le. [Pinyin]
       It looks like she's already been pregnant for five to six months.
       jing$^1$ goi$^1$ hai$^6$ gam$^1$ jat$^6$ gwaa$^3$. [Jyutping]
       I think it's today. / It should be today.
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to deserve it; serve someone right

#### Synonyms

* (ought to):
* 合該／合该 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 在得 (zai$^4$ de$^6$) (Xiang)
* 好通 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 宜 (yí)
* 徑須／径须 (jìngxū) (literary)
* 應／应 (yīng)
* 應當／应当 (yīngdāng)
* 會／会 (literary)
* 會須／会须 (huìxū) (literary)
* 理合 (lǐhé) (literary)
* 理應／理应 (lǐyīng)
* 理當／理当 (lǐdāng)
* 當／当 (literary)
* 直須／直须 (zhíxū) (literary)
* 相應／相应 (xiāngyīng) (archaic)
* 該／该 (gāi)
* 該當／该当 (gāidāng)
* (to deserve it):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 活該 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 活該, 死好 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 活該 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 活該 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 活該 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 活該 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 抵死 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 抵死 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 抵死 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 堪得 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 擳胲, 堪得 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 該然, 該死, 死好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 活該 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 該死 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 合該, 合該然 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 應該, 死好, 三好加一好 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 堪該, 堪該死 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 該死 |

#### Derived terms

* 應該的／应该的 (yīnggāi de)

#### See also

* 必須／必须 (bìxū)
* 非得 (fēiděi)