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engkay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

ought; ought to be

應該

m-engkay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

put'engkay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

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🗣 engkay 🗣 (u: efng'kay) 應該 [wt][mo] ing-kai [#]

1. (Adv) || 應當。理所當然，分內所應為。

2. (Adv) || 活該。

🗣le: (u: Kiøx lie maix khix lie m thviaf, u cid ciorng kied'kør, efng'kay`laq!) 🗣 (叫你莫去你毋聽，有這種結果，應該啦！) (叫你別去你不聽，有這種結果，活該啦！)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

zuxtong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'tong [[...]] 

automatic, automatically, voluntary, of one's own free will

自動

• Øe zuxtong torngtiam. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: E zu'tong toxng'tiam.; Øe zu'tong toxng'tiam. [[...]] 
  It stops automatically.
  會自動停止。

• Engkay zøx ee taixcix tiøh zuxtong zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Efng'kay zøx ee tai'cix tiøh zu'tong zøx. [[...]] 
  You must do your duties voluntarily.
  該做的事得自動去做。

engkay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: efng'kay; (exng'kay) [[...]] 

ought, ought to be

應該

• Lie engkay (tiøh) afnny zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie efng'kay (tiøh) arn'ny zøx. [[...]] 
  You must do it this way
  你應該這樣做.

• Huiky na kawtiarm khypoef, cymmar erngkay kaux ciaf af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Huy'ky na kao'tiarm khie'poef, cirm'mar exng'kay kaux ciaf af. [[...]] 
  The plane ought to be here by now, if it took off at nine. (Note: "eng-kai" and "tioh" mean the same thing, but "tioh" is used for emphasis.)
  飛機要是九點起飛, 現在應該到這兒了.

• Engkay! [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Efng'kay!; (Exng'kay!) [[...]] 
  Serve you right! I told you so ! (As when a mischievous child falls down).
  應該! 應該!

engkay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: efng/eeng'kay [[...]] 

should, must, ought to

應該

engkay 應該 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: efng/eeng'kay [[...]] 

應該

engkay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: efng'kay [[...]][i#] [p.66]

AV : ought to; must; should (syn eng3-kai, eng3-tong)

應該

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