# 了不得
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liǎobùdé, liǎobùde
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ, ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^5$ bat$^1$ dak$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-put-tiak / liáu-put-tek
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liǎobùdé
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liǎobùdé
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^3$-pu$^4$-tê$^2$
*** Yale: lyǎu-bù-dé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaubuder
*** Palladius: ляобудэ (ljaobudɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liǎobùde
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liǎobùde̊
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^3$-pu$^4$-tê$^5$
*** Yale: lyǎu-bù-de
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leaubu.de
*** Palladius: ляобудэ (ljaobudɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ d̥ə¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^5$ bat$^1$ dak$^1$
*** Yale: líuh bāt dāk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^5$ bat$^7$ dak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^5$ bed$^1$ deg$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-put-tiak
*** Tâi-lô: liáu-put-tiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'putdiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-put-tek
*** Tâi-lô: liáu-put-tik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'putdeg
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²/

### Adjective

了不得
* (colloquial) wonderful; terrific
* (colloquial) serious; critical; severe

#### Synonyms

* (wonderful):
* 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (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 (o$^5$ shr$^6$) (Xiang, used as a complement)
* 打得 (Hakka)
* 挺 (tǐng)
* 斐然 (fěirán)
* 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
* 標青／标青 (biu$^1$ ceng$^1$) (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)
* (serious):
* 不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
* 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

### Adverb

了不得
* (colloquial) extremely; awfully; terribly
       gāoxìng de liǎobùdé [Pinyin]
       to be extremely happy

#### Usage notes

Used as a complement after 得 (dé).