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
Min Nan (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 ljɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽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/
Min Nan
- (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 (liǎobùdé) (colloquial)
勿得了 (Wu)
深重 (shēnzhòng)
重大 (zhòngdà)
嚴峻／严峻 (yánjùn)

嚴重／严重 (yánzhòng)
慘／惨 (cǎn) (of losses, defeats, etc.)
慘重／惨重 (cǎnzhòng)
礙事／碍事 (àishì) (often in the negative)
要緊／要紧 (yàojǐn)

(terrific):

Synonyms of 不得了

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)

Adverb

不得了

extremely
快得不得了 ― kuài de bùdéliǎo ― extremely fast

Interjection

不得了

(colloquial) oh my God

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