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): ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄧㄠˇ

(Chengdu, SP): de² niao³
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ liu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: deliǎo
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .deleau
  - IPA ^(key): /d̥ə li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: de² niao³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: deliao
  - IPA ^(key): /tɛ²¹ niau⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ liu⁵
  - Yale: dāk líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ liu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ liu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

Adverb

得了

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

車進得了公園。 / 车进得了公园。 ― Chē jìn deliǎo gōngyuán. ― 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).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): déliǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ liu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): tiak-liáu / tek-liáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: déliǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derleau
  - IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ liu⁵
  - Yale: dāk líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ liu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ liu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiak-liáu
  - Tâi-lô: tiak-liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diakliao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-liáu
  - Tâi-lô: tik-liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dekliao
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liaʊ⁵³/

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)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): déle

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ˙ㄌㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ liu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: déle
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ˙ㄌㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: der.lhe
  - IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ lə³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ liu⁵
  - Yale: dāk líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ liu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ liu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /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

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