了得

了得

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	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. (了得)		了	得
anagram		得了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): liǎodé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄜˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): niao³ de²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎodé → liǎode (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄜˊ → ㄌㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄉㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎode̊
    • Wade–Giles: liao³-tê⁵
    • Yale: lyǎu-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leau.der
    • Palladius: ляодэ (ljaodɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɤ³⁵/ → /ljɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: niao³ de²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liaode
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niau⁵³ tɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁵ dak¹
    • Yale: líuh dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³ tɐk̚⁵/

Adjective

了得

1. extraordinary; exceptional; remarkable; amazing
2. Used at the end of a rhetorical sentence, to emphasise the serious and terrible nature of the preceding situation.

Synonyms

• (extraordinary):

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Synonyms of 了得

不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial) 了不得 (liǎobùdé) (colloquial) 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial) 了勿起 (Wu) 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary) 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve) 出挑 (chūtiāo) (of personal appearance) 出擢 (Min Nan) 出色 (chūsè) 勿得了 (Wu) 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary) 卓著 (zhuózhù) 卓越 (zhuóyuè) 打得 (Hakka) 斐然 (fěirán) 棒 (bàng) (colloquial) 漂亮 (piàoliang) 炳 (bǐng) (literary) 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang) 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin) 特出 (tèchū) 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin) 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary) 看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.) 突出 (tūchū) 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary) 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)

超凡 (chāofán) 超拔 (chāobá) (literary) 非凡 (fēifán) 俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary) 偉大／伟大 (wěidà) 傑出／杰出 (jiéchū) 優異／优异 (yōuyì) 優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù) 優越／优越 (yōuyuè) 出眾／出众 (chūzhòng) 出腳／出脚 (Min Nan) 卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary) 卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary) 厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal) 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 (Xiang, used as a complement) 標青／标青 (Cantonese, Teochew) 特異／特异 (tèyì) 穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism) 蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang) 超絕／超绝 (chāojué) 響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng) 顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù) 高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

Dialectal synonyms of 厲害 (“impressive; excellent; amazing; fantastic”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Beijing	牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar
	Taiwan	厲害, 棒
	Malaysia	厲害, 夠力
	Singapore	厲害
Cantonese	Guangzhou	犀利, 勁
	Hong Kong	犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽
	Penang (Guangfu)	犀利
	Singapore (Guangfu)	犀利, 勁
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	厲害, 慶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	厲害, 慶, 壁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	厲害, 慶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	厲害, 慶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	厲害, 慶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	厲害, 慶
	Hong Kong	叻
	Kuching (Hepo)	慶
Min Nan	Xiamen	厲害
	Shishi	厲害
	Zhao'an	厲害
	Tainan	厲害
	Penang (Hokkien)	厲害
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厲害, 勥, 𠢕
	Manila (Hokkien)	厲害, 勥, 𠢕
	Haifeng	厲害
	Singapore (Teochew)	厲害
Wu	Shanghai	扎勁, 結棍
Xiang	Changsha	䏧腮

Derived terms

還了得／还了得