應該的

Chinese

		ought to; should; theoretically should [be]	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of
trad. (應該的)		應該	的
simp. (应该的)		应该	的
Literally: “(this is) something (I) ought to (do)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnggāi de

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄍㄞ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ goi¹ dik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnggāi de
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄍㄞ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinggai de̊
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-kai¹ tê⁵
    • Yale: yīng-gāi de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inggai .de
    • Palladius: ингай дэ (ingaj dɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵ d̥ə²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing¹ goi¹ dik¹
    • Yale: yīng gōi dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ goi¹ dik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ goi¹ dig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːi̯⁵⁵ tɪk̚⁵/

Phrase

1. you're welcome (reply to thanks)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不客氣 (“you're welcome”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不客氣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	不客氣, 別客氣, 不用客氣, 不謝, 不用謝, 應該的, 不會
	Malaysia	不用客氣
	Singapore	不客氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔使客氣, 應該嘅
	Hong Kong	唔使客氣, 唔使, 應該嘅, 乜說話
	Taishan	唔使客氣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔使客氣
Hakka	Meixian	唔使客氣, 唔使多謝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔使細義
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔使細義
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔使細義
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔使細義
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔使細義
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔使細義
	Kuching (Hepo)	唔使客氣
Jin	Taiyuan	客氣甚嘞
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	莫細膩, 無客氣
	Fuqing	無客氣
	Singapore (Fuqing)	伓使客氣
Southern Min	Xiamen	免客氣
	Zhangzhou	免細膩
	Taipei	免細膩 GT, 免客氣 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	毋通客氣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	免客氣, 毋通客氣
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋免客氣
	Medan (Hokkien)	免客氣
	Chaozhou	免客氣, 莫客氣
	Singapore (Teochew)	免客氣
Wu	Shanghai	勿要客氣, 勿要緊
Xiang	Changsha	莫客氣
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)