不得了

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùdéliǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dak¹ liu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-tek-liáu / put-tiak-liáu

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

desperately serious; disastrous; terrible; awful
(colloquial) terrific; awesome

Synonyms

(serious):

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):

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

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

(colloquial) oh my God

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