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

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

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
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