# 应当 (yīngdāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 应当 (yīngdāng) means “should; ought to; must”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: should; ought to; must
- Pinyin: yīngdāng (ying1 dang1)
- Traditional: 應當
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 学生应当努力学习。
  Xuéshēng yīngdāng nǔlì xuéxí.
  Students ought to study hard.

## Characters

- [应](https://hanziro.com/word/ying-should/) (yīng): should; ought to
- [当](https://hanziro.com/word/dang-when-during/) (dāng): when, during; to act as

https://hanziro.com/word/ying-dang-should/

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