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gāi
v./pro. to owe; this, indicating somebody or something mentioned before, mainly used in formal document
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Other meanings
[gāi]   av. should, to be somebody's turn to do something
[gāi]   v. to deserve, ought to, would (used in exclamatory sentences as an intensifier)
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    speech (for )
    to say, to talk; speech, word; character, word, sentence (for )

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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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gāi jì huà bìng bù néng cì jī jīng jì zēng zhǎng .
phr. This plan can not stimulate the economic growth.
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tā hái gāi wó wú bǎi kuài qián ne .
phr. He still owes me 500 RMB.
gāi xiào
n. this school
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gāi gōng sī zhèng cóng cū fàng jīng yíng xiàng jí yuē jīng yíng zhuǎn biàn
phr. The company is bringing about a change from extensive to intensive management.
gāi shū
phr. this book