How to Say ‘I should get going.’ in Traditional Chinese
我該走了。
wǒ gāi zǒu le
[wo gāi zǒu le]
💬 Usage Tip: 該 (gāi) means "should", and 了 at the end signals that the time has come. You can use it for anything that's now due: 我該睡了 "I should go to bed".
Phrase Breakdown
我該
wǒ gāi
I should
我 (wǒ) means 'I', and 該 (gāi) means 'should' or 'ought to'.
我該睡覺了。
I should go to sleep.
Words in this phrase
我
wǒ
[wo]
I; me
The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.
我想多了解你們公司的制度，所以先自我介紹。
I want to learn more about your company’s system, so I’ll introduce myself first.
該
gāi
[gāi]
should; ought to
Indicates something is time to do or proper to do.
你該睡覺了。
You should go to bed.
走了。
zǒu le
go now / leave
走 (zǒu) means 'to leave', and 了 (le, light tone) shows a change of situation: it's time now.
時間到了，我們走了。
It's time, we're leaving.
Words in this phrase
走
zǒu
[zǒu]
to leave; to go
To depart from a place.
時間不早了，我要走了。
It's late, I have to leave.
了
le
[le]
change-of-state particle
With 快…了, shows something is about to happen.
火車快來了。
The train is about to arrive.
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