得了
Chinese
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 | to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) | ||
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simp. and trad. (得了) | 得 | 了 | |
anagram | 了得 |
Pronunciation
Adverb
得了
- (in "verb + 得了" structure) capable of; can
- 車進得了公園。 / 车进得了公园。 ― Chē jìn deliǎo gōngyuán. ― The car can enter the park.
- 大丈夫上得了廳堂,下得了廚房。 [MSC, trad.]
- Dàzhàngfū shàng deliǎo tīngtáng, xià deliǎo chúfáng. [Pinyin]
- A true man can go up to the hall (meeting noble guests), and can go down to the kitchen (handling toils are chores).
大丈夫上得了厅堂,下得了厨房。 [MSC, simp.]
Pronunciation
Adjective
得了
- (usually, in rhetorical questions, or with negation) awful, can't handle (a situation)
- 這還得了? / 这还得了? ― Zhè hái déliǎo? ― This is unbelievable! (lit. Is this still controllable?)
See also
- 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
- 了得 (liǎodé)
Pronunciation
Interjection
得了
- (swift) all right!; OK!; well then; yeah!
- (loud, usually interrupting someone's proposal or bragging) c'mon!; that's enough!
Synonyms
- (Cantonese) 得喇!
- (all right): (more common) 得 (dé)!
- (c'mon): (more common) 得了吧!
Verb
得了
- to be finished; to be over; to be done with