得了

Chinese

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (得了)		得	了
anagram		了得

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): deliǎo

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄉㄜ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): de² niao³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ liu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: deliǎo
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄉㄜ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: de̊liǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tê⁵-liao³
    • Yale: de-lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .deleau
    • Palladius: дэляо (dɛljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥ə li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: de² niao³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: deliao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛ²¹ niau⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ liu⁵
    • Yale: dāk líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

Adverb

得了

1. (in "verb + 得了" structure) capable of; can

   車進得了公園。 [MSC, trad.]
   车进得了公园。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chē jìn deliǎo gōngyuán. [Pinyin]

   The car can enter the park.

   大丈夫上得了廳堂，下得了廚房。 [MSC, trad.]
   大丈夫上得了厅堂，下得了厨房。 [MSC, simp.]

   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): dak¹ liu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiak-liáu / tek-liáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: déliǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: déliǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tê²-liao³
    • Yale: dé-lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derleau
    • Palladius: дэляо (dɛljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ liu⁵
    • Yale: dāk líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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

1. (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): dak¹ liu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: déle
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: déle̊
    • Wade–Giles: tê²-lê⁵
    • Yale: dé-le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: der.le
    • Palladius: дэлэ (dɛlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ lə³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ liu⁵
    • Yale: dāk líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

Interjection

得了

1. (swift) all right!; OK!; well then; yeah!
2. (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

1. to be finished; to be over; to be done with

Derived terms

• 差不多得了 (chàbuduō déle)