了不起

了不起

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	cannot afford to ...; do not wish to ...
trad. (了不起)		了	不起
simp. #(了不起)		了	不起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎobùqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵ bat¹ hei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liáu-put-hí
• Min Nan (POJ): liáu-put-khí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liǎobùqǐ → liǎobuqǐ (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ → ㄌㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ (toneless variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaubuchii
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁵ bat¹ hei²
    • Yale: líuh bāt héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵ bat⁷ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵ bed¹ héi²
    • IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liáu-put-hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: liau` bud` hi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau³ bud⁵ hi³
    • IPA: /li̯au̯³¹ put̚² hi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-put-khí
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-put-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'putqie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁴¹/

Adjective

了不起

1. (colloquial) amazing; terrific; extraordinary

   他跑完了馬拉松，真是了不起！ [MSC, trad.]
   他跑完了马拉松，真是了不起！ [MSC, simp.]

   Tā pǎo wánle mǎlāsōng, zhēnshì liǎobùqǐ! [Pinyin]

   He finished the marathon - how extraordinary was that!

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 了不起

佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary) 傑出／杰出 (jiéchū) 優異／优异 (yōuyì) 優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù) 出挑 (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) 尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary) 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng) 棒 (bàng) (colloquial) 特出 (tèchū) 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)