总得

總得
zǒngděi
  1. must
  2. have to
  3. be bound to

CEDICT

must; to have to; to be bound to

Wiktionary

必须。

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Examples

我们总得找点乐子。

We have to have fun somehow.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 总 zǒng
  1. (bound form) general; overall
  2. to sum up
  3. in every case; always; invariably
  4. anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later
  5. surely
  6. (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 zǒngjīnglǐ or 总编 zǒngbiān etc
2 得 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to

Related entries

一定要 yīdìngyào must
一定要有蘋果。

Apples are necessary.

Source: Tatoeba

务必 wùbì
  1. must
  2. to need to
  3. to be sure to
務必在三點鐘來。

Be sure to come at 3.

Source: Tatoeba

合当 hédāng
  1. must
  2. should
他不适合当老师。

He is unfit to be a teacher.

Source: Tatoeba

必得 bìděi
  1. must
  2. have to
他们坚持认为日常锻练是必得表出的行为。

They insist that daily exercise is an action that must be done.

Source: Tatoeba

非得 fēiděi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
你不必什麼都非得自己來。

You shouldn't try to do everything by yourself.

Source: Tatoeba

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