活该 huógāi▶ te lo mereces

Stroke order

活该 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 活 — 9 strokes
• 该 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. (coll.) serve sb right
2. deservedly
3. ought
4. should

Related words

• 复活resurrección
• 快活feliz
• 活力energía; vigor
• 活跃activo
• 灵活flexible
• 干活儿trabajar en un empleo

活该 is pronounced huógāi and means “te lo mereces”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 活该 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.