了不得

了不得

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	not; no	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
simp. and trad. (了不得)		了	不	得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎobùdé, liǎobùde

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ, ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵ bat¹ dak¹
• Min Nan (POJ): liáu-put-tiak / liáu-put-tek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liǎobùdé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaubuder
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎobùdé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liǎobùde
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaubu.de
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎobùde̊
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ d̥ə¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁵ bat¹ dak¹
    • Yale: líuh bāt dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵ bat⁷ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵ bed¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-put-tiak
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-put-tiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'putdiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-put-tek
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-put-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'putdeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²/

Adjective

了不得

1. (colloquial) wonderful; terrific
2. (colloquial) serious; critical; severe

Synonyms

• (wonderful):

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Synonyms of 了不得

了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial) 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary) 傑出／杰出 (jiéchū) 優異／优异 (yōuyì) 優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù) 出挑 (chūtiāo) (Min Nan) 出擢 (Min Nan) 出眾／出众 (chūzhòng) 出腳／出脚 (Min Nan) 出色 (chūsè) 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)

尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary) 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng) 打得 (Hakka) 棒 (bàng) (colloquial) 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang) 特出 (tèchū) 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin) 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary) 突出 (tūchū) 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary) 超拔 (chāobá) (literary) 非凡 (fēifán) 響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng) 顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù) 高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

• (serious):

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嚴峻／严峻 (yánjùn) 嚴重／严重 (yánzhòng)

重大 (zhòngdà)

Adverb

了不得

1. (colloquial) extremely; awfully; terribly

   高興得了不得 / 高兴得了不得  ―  gāoxìng de liǎobùdé  ―  to be extremely happy

Usage notes

Used as a complement after 得 (dé).