# 了得
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): liǎodé
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄜˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): niao$^3$ de$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^5$ dak$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liǎodé → liǎode (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄜˊ → ㄌㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄉㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liǎode̊
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^3$-tê$^5$
*** Yale: lyǎu-de
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leau.der
*** Palladius: ляодэ (ljaodɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵/ → /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: niao$^3$ de$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liaode
*** Sinological IPA : /niau⁵³ tɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^5$ dak$^1$
*** Yale: líuh dāk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^5$ dak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^5$ deg$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯¹³ tɐk̚⁵/

### Adjective

了得
* extraordinary; exceptional; remarkable; amazing
* Used at the end of a rhetorical sentence, to emphasise the serious and terrible nature of the preceding situation.

#### Synonyms

* (extraordinary):
* 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
* 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 (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)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 厲害, 棒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 厲害, 夠力 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 厲害 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 犀利, 勁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 犀利 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 犀利, 勁 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 厲害, 慶, 壁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 厲害, 慶 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 叻 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 慶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 厲害, 勥, 𠢕 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 厲害, 勥, 𠢕 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 厲害, 野 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 厲害 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 厲害 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 結棍 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 結棍 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 結棍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 結棍 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 結棍 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 䏧腮 |

#### Derived terms

* 還了得／还了得