# 得了
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): deliǎo
       (Zhuyin): ˙ㄉㄜ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): de$^2$ niao$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dak$^1$ liu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: deliǎo
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄉㄜ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: de̊liǎo
*** Wade–Giles: tê$^5$-liao$^3$
*** Yale: de-lyǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .deleau
*** Palladius: дэляо (dɛljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /d̥ə li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: de$^2$ niao$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: deliao
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛ²¹ niau⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dak$^1$ liu$^5$
*** Yale: dāk líuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dak$^7$ liu$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: deg$^1$ liu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

#### Adverb

得了
* (in "verb + 得了" structure) capable of; can
       Chē jìn deliǎo gōngyuán. [Pinyin]
       The car can enter the park.
       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).

##### Synonyms

* (Cantonese) 得到

##### Derived terms

* 勿得了
* 少得了 (shǎodeliǎo)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): déliǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dak$^1$ liu$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiak-liáu / tek-liáu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: déliǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: déliǎo
*** Wade–Giles: tê$^2$-liao$^3$
*** Yale: dé-lyǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derleau
*** Palladius: дэляо (dɛljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɤ³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dak$^1$ liu$^5$
*** Yale: dāk líuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dak$^7$ liu$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: deg$^1$ liu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiak-liáu
*** Tâi-lô: tiak-liáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diakliao
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liau⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-liáu
*** Tâi-lô: tik-liáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dekliao
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liau⁵³/

#### 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)
* 怎麼得了／怎么得了 (zěnme déliǎo)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): déle
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ˙ㄌㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dak$^1$ liu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: déle
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ˙ㄌㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: déle̊
*** Wade–Giles: tê$^2$-lê$^5$
*** Yale: dé-le
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: der.le
*** Palladius: дэлэ (dɛlɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɤ³⁵ lə³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dak$^1$ liu$^5$
*** Yale: dāk líuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dak$^7$ liu$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: deg$^1$ liu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

#### 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

##### Derived terms

* 差不多得了 (chàbuduō déle)