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不得了

不得了

Chinese

		not; no; (negative prefix)	controllable; can be handled
simp. and trad. (不得了)		不	得了

Adjective

不得了

desperately serious; disastrous; terrible; awful
(colloquial) terrific; awesome

Adverb

不得了

extremely
快得不得了 ― kuài de bùdéliǎo ― extremely fast

Interjection

不得了

(colloquial) oh my God

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bùdéliǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dak¹ liu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): put-tek-liáu / put-tiak-liáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùdéliǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buderleau
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ dak¹ liu⁵
  - Yale: bāt dāk líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dak⁷ liu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tek-liáu
  - Tâi-lô: put-tik-liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putdekliao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liaʊ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tiak-liáu
  - Tâi-lô: put-tiak-liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putdiakliao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liaʊ⁵⁵⁴/