should

Pronunciation: [ʃud]

Average Rank: 138

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

aux. 应该, 将要

Detailed Explanations:
  • imp. of Shall
  • imp. Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or
  • contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also,
  • to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have come
  • last week; if I should go; I should think you could go.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#200

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.0% (Top 98.0% most frequent)
98.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#134

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.7% (Top 98.7% most frequent)
98.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#80

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.2% (Top 99.2% most frequent)
99.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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