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Chinese
Pronunciation
Adjective
不得了
- desperately serious; disastrous; terrible; awful
- (colloquial) terrific; awesome
Synonyms
- 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
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Interjection
不得了
- (colloquial) oh my God