"Ought" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 活该 | huó gāi | (coll.) serve sb right / deservedly / ought / should |   |
| 当 |  dāng | to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at | |
| 理当 | lǐ dāng | should / ought | |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to / should / must | |
| 应当 | yīng dāng | should / ought to | |
| 不合 | bù hé | to not conform to / to be unsuited to / to be out of keeping with / should not / ought out | |
| 本应 | běn yīng | should have / ought to have | |
| 理应 | lǐ yīng | should / ought to | |
| 得 | děi | to have to / must / ought to / to need to | |
| 应 | yīng | to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall | |
| 该 | gāi | should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned | |
| 合该 | hé gāi | ought to / should | |
| 一是一，二是二 | yī shì yī , èr shì èr | lit. one is one, two is two (idiom) / fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut / unequivocal | |
