不得了

Chinese

		not; no	controllable; can be handled
simp. and trad. (不得了)		不	得了
anagram		了不得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdéliǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dak¹ liu⁵

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-tek-liáu / put-tiak-liáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdéliǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdéliǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tê²-liao³
    • Yale: bù-dé-lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buderleau
    • Palladius: будэляо (budɛljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹ dak¹ liu⁵
    • Yale: bāt dāk líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dak⁷ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ deg¹ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tek-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: put-tik-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdekliao
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tiak-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: put-tiak-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdiakliao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liau⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

不得了

1. desperately serious; disastrous; terrible; awful
2. (colloquial) terrific; awesome

Synonyms

• (serious):

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• 了不得 (colloquial)
• 勿得了 (Wu)
• 嚴峻／严峻 (yánjùn)
• 嚴重／严重 (yánzhòng)
• 慘／惨 (cǎn) (of losses, defeats, etc.)
• 慘重／惨重 (cǎnzhòng)
• 深重 (shēnzhòng)
• 礙事／碍事 (àishì) (often in the negative)
• 腬身 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 要緊／要紧 (yàojǐn)
• 重大

 

• (terrific):

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• 了不得 (colloquial)
• 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
• 了勿起 (Wu)
• 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
• 偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
• 傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
• 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
• 優異／优异 (yōuyì)
• 優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
• 優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
• 出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 出擢 (Hokkien)
• 出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
• 出腳／出脚 (Hokkien)
• 出色 (chūsè)
• 勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
• 勿得了 (Wu)
• 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
• 卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
• 卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
• 卓著 (zhuózhù)
• 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
• 厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
• 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
• 尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
• 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
• 彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
• 惡實／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
• 打得 (Hakka)
• 挺 (tǐng)
• 斐然 (fěirán)
• 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
• 標青／标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 漂亮
• 炳 (bǐng) (literary)
• 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
• 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
• 特出 (tèchū)
• 特異／特异 (tèyì)
• 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
• 穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
• 突出 (tūchū)
• 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
• 蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
• 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
• 超凡 (chāofán)
• 超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
• 超常 (chāocháng)
• 超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
• 超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
• 非凡 (fēifán)
• 響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
• 顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
• 高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

 

Adverb

不得了

1. extremely

   快得不得了  ―  kuài de bùdéliǎo  ―  extremely fast

   條街多人到不得了。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   条街多人到不得了。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   tiu⁴ gaai¹ do¹ jan⁴ dou³ bat¹ dak¹ liu⁵. [Jyutping]

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Interjection

不得了

1. (colloquial) oh my God