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本该
běn​gāi

originally should

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
本该 本該 běn​gāi
originally should auxiliary
should have originally; was supposed to

我本该帮她但没能。

wǒ běn​gāi bāng tā dàn méi néng.

I should have helped her, but I couldn't.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
10.5 per million appears in 5% of films

Cross-References

Same as

  • 本来应该 běn​lái​yīng​gāi
  • 本当 běn​dāng

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CH