HSK 5 vocabulary › 不得了
不得了
不得了 in English: desperately serious; disastrous
bù dé liǎo
desperately serious; disastrous
How to pronounce 不得了
bù dé liǎo (without tone marks: bu de liao). bù is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; dé is a second (rising) tone; liǎo is a third (low, dipping) tone.
Characters in 不得了
不 bù
no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
得 dé
to obtain; to get; to gain
to obtain; to get; to gain
了 liǎo
(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
Related words
| 不 | bù | no; not so | HSK 1 |
| 不客气 | bù kè qi | you're welcome; don't mention it | HSK 1 |
| 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me | HSK 1 |
| 了 | le | completed action marker; change-of-state particle | HSK 1 |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... | HSK 2 |
| 不但……而且…… | búdàn…érqiě… | not only...; but also... | HSK 3 |
| 记得 | jì de | to remember | HSK 3 |
| 除了 | chú le | besides; apart from (... also...) | HSK 3 |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand; to realize | HSK 3 |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of | HSK 3 |