"了不起" meaning in Chinese

See 了不起 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /liːu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /li̯au̯³¹ put̚² hi³¹/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰi⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Audio: LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-了不起.wav [Cantonese, Jyutping]
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  1. (colloquial) amazing; terrific; extraordinary Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-了不起-zh-adj-5VWMbRto Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin, Mandarin words containing toneless variants, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) [colloquial], 了不得 [colloquial], 了勿起 [Wu], 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) [literary], 俊偉 (jùnwěi) [literary], 俊伟 (jùnwěi) [literary], 偉大 (wěidà), 伟大 (wěidà), 傑出 (jiéchū), 杰出 (jiéchū), 傲人 (àorén) (english: nowadays especially of breasts, body curve), 優異 (yōuyì), 优异 (yōuyì), 優秀 (yōuxiù), 优秀 (yōuxiù), 優越 (yōuyuè), 优越 (yōuyuè), 出挑 (chhut-thio) [Hokkien, Quanzhou], 出擢 [Hokkien], 出眾 (chūzhòng), 出众 (chūzhòng), 出腳 [Hokkien], 出脚 [Hokkien], 出色 (chūsè), 勢面 [Hokkien], 势面 [Hokkien], 勿得了 [Wu], 卓然 (zhuórán) [literary], 卓犖 (zhuóluò) [literary], 卓荦 (zhuóluò) [literary], 卓異 (zhuóyì) [literary], 卓异 (zhuóyì) [literary], 卓著 (zhuózhù), 卓越 (zhuóyuè), 厲害 (lìhài) [informal], 厉害 (lìhài) [informal], 咧斗 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 好極了 (hǎo jíle), 好极了 (hǎo jíle), 尤異 (yóuyì) [literary], 尤异 (yóuyì) [literary], 崢嶸 (zhēngróng), 峥嵘 (zhēngróng), 彰顯 (zhāngxiǎn), 彰显 (zhāngxiǎn), 惡實 (o5 shr6), 恶实 (o5 shr6), 打得 [Hakka], (tǐng), 斐然 (fěirán), (bàng) [colloquial], 標青 (biu1 ceng1) [Cantonese, Teochew], 标青 (biu1 ceng1) [Cantonese, Teochew], 漂亮, (bǐng) [literary], (niú) [Mandarin, slang], 牛鬼 [Guilin, Mandarin], 特出 (tèchū), 特異 (tèyì), 特异 (tèyì), 犀利 (xīlì) (english: originally Cantonese) [Mandarin, sometimes], 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) [literary], 看家 (kānjiā) (english: of skill, ability) [attributive, usually], (wěn) [neologism, slang], (wěn) [neologism, slang], 突出 (tūchū), 英英 (yīngyīng) [literary], 蓋帽 (gàimào) [slang], 盖帽 (gàimào) [slang], 表表 (biǎobiǎo) [literary], 超凡 (chāofán), 超卓 (chāozhuó) [literary], 超常 (chāocháng), 超拔 (chāobá) [literary], 超絕 (chāojué), 超绝 (chāojué), 非凡 (fēifán), 響噹噹 (xiǎngdāngdāng), 响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng), 顯著 (xiǎnzhù), 显著 (xiǎnzhù), 高強 (gāoqiáng), 高强 (gāoqiáng)
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          "roman": "bùdéliǎo",
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          "word": "出腳"
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          "roman": "chūsè",
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          "word": "勢面"
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          "word": "势面"
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        {
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          "word": "勿得了"
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          "word": "卓犖"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "卓荦"
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          "word": "卓異"
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          "tags": [
            "literary"
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          "roman": "zhuózhù",
          "word": "卓著"
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        {
          "roman": "zhuóyuè",
          "word": "卓越"
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        {
          "roman": "lìhài",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "厲害"
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          "roman": "lìhài",
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          "word": "厉害"
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        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "咧斗"
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        {
          "roman": "hǎo jíle",
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          "roman": "hǎo jíle",
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          "tags": [
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          "roman": "zhēngróng",
          "word": "崢嶸"
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          "word": "斐然"
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        {
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          "word": "棒"
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          "word": "炳"
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            "slang"
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          "word": "牛"
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        {
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          "roman": "xīlì",
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          "word": "犀利"
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          "word": "皦皦"
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          "roman": "wěn",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "穩"
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          "word": "稳"
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        {
          "roman": "tūchū",
          "word": "突出"
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        {
          "roman": "yīngyīng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
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          "word": "英英"
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          "roman": "gàimào",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "蓋帽"
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          "roman": "gàimào",
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          "word": "盖帽"
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          "roman": "biǎobiǎo",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "表表"
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        {
          "roman": "chāofán",
          "word": "超凡"
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        {
          "roman": "chāozhuó",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
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          "word": "超卓"
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        {
          "roman": "chāocháng",
          "word": "超常"
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        {
          "roman": "chāobá",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "超拔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chāojué",
          "word": "超絕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chāojué",
          "word": "超绝"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fēifán",
          "word": "非凡"
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        {
          "roman": "xiǎngdāngdāng",
          "word": "響噹噹"
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        {
          "roman": "xiǎngdāngdāng",
          "word": "响当当"
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        {
          "roman": "xiǎnzhù",
          "word": "顯著"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiǎnzhù",
          "word": "显著"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gāoqiáng",
          "word": "高強"
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        {
          "roman": "gāoqiáng",
          "word": "高强"
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liao³-pu⁵-chʻi³"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lyǎu-bu-chǐ"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "ljaobuci",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ляобуци"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liu⁵ bat¹ hei²"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "líuh bāt héi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liu⁵ bat⁷ hei²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liu⁵ bed¹ héi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liáu-put-hí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liau^ˋ bud^ˋ hi^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liau³ bud⁵ hi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯au̯³¹ put̚² hi³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liáu-put-khí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liáu-put-khí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liaw'putqie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "了不起"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "了不起",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adjectives",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese colloquialisms",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 了",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 起",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Elementary Mandarin",
        "Hakka adjectives",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hokkien adjectives",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He finished the marathon - how extraordinary was that!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā pǎo wánle mǎlāsōng, zhēnshì liǎobùqǐ!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "他跑完了馬拉松,真是了不起!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He finished the marathon - how extraordinary was that!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā pǎo wánle mǎlāsōng, zhēnshì liǎobùqǐ!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "他跑完了马拉松,真是了不起!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "amazing; terrific; extraordinary"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amazing",
          "amazing"
        ],
        [
          "terrific",
          "terrific"
        ],
        [
          "extraordinary",
          "extraordinary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) amazing; terrific; extraordinary"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liǎobùqǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liu⁵ bat¹ hei²"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-了不起.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b9/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-了不起.wav/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-了不起.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b9/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-了不起.wav/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-了不起.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-了不起.wav"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liáu-put-hí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liáu-put-khí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liǎobùqǐ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "toneless variant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liǎobuqǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "toneless variant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liǎobůcǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liao³-pu⁵-chʻi³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lyǎu-bu-chǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "leaubuchii"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ljaobuci",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ляобуци"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liu⁵ bat¹ hei²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "líuh bāt héi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liu⁵ bat⁷ hei²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liu⁵ bed¹ héi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liáu-put-hí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liau^ˋ bud^ˋ hi^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liau³ bud⁵ hi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯au̯³¹ put̚² hi³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liáu-put-khí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liáu-put-khí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "liaw'putqie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bùdéliǎo",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "不得了"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "了不得"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "了勿起"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎojiǎo",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "佼佼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jùnwěi",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "俊偉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jùnwěi",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "俊伟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěidà",
      "word": "偉大"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěidà",
      "word": "伟大"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiéchū",
      "word": "傑出"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiéchū",
      "word": "杰出"
    },
    {
      "english": "nowadays especially of breasts, body curve",
      "roman": "àorén",
      "word": "傲人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuyì",
      "word": "優異"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuyì",
      "word": "优异"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuxiù",
      "word": "優秀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuxiù",
      "word": "优秀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuyuè",
      "word": "優越"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōuyuè",
      "word": "优越"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chhut-thio",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "出挑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "出擢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūzhòng",
      "word": "出眾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūzhòng",
      "word": "出众"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "出腳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "出脚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūsè",
      "word": "出色"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "勢面"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "势面"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "勿得了"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuórán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "卓然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuóluò",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "卓犖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuóluò",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "卓荦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuóyì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "卓異"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuóyì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "卓异"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuózhù",
      "word": "卓著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuóyuè",
      "word": "卓越"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìhài",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "厲害"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìhài",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "厉害"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "咧斗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎo jíle",
      "word": "好極了"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎo jíle",
      "word": "好极了"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóuyì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "尤異"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yóuyì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "尤异"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēngróng",
      "word": "崢嶸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēngróng",
      "word": "峥嵘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāngxiǎn",
      "word": "彰顯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāngxiǎn",
      "word": "彰显"
    },
    {
      "roman": "o5 shr6",
      "word": "惡實"
    },
    {
      "roman": "o5 shr6",
      "word": "恶实"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "打得"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tǐng",
      "word": "挺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fěirán",
      "word": "斐然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bàng",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "棒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biu1 ceng1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "標青"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biu1 ceng1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "标青"
    },
    {
      "word": "漂亮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǐng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "炳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niú",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "牛"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guilin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "牛鬼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tèchū",
      "word": "特出"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tèyì",
      "word": "特異"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tèyì",
      "word": "特异"
    },
    {
      "english": "originally Cantonese",
      "roman": "xīlì",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "word": "犀利"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎojiǎo",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "皦皦"
    },
    {
      "english": "of skill, ability",
      "roman": "kānjiā",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "看家"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěn",
      "tags": [
        "neologism",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "穩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěn",
      "tags": [
        "neologism",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "稳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tūchū",
      "word": "突出"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīngyīng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "英英"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gàimào",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "蓋帽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gàimào",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "盖帽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biǎobiǎo",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "表表"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chāofán",
      "word": "超凡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chāozhuó",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "超卓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chāocháng",
      "word": "超常"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chāobá",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "超拔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chāojué",
      "word": "超絕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chāojué",
      "word": "超绝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fēifán",
      "word": "非凡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎngdāngdāng",
      "word": "響噹噹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎngdāngdāng",
      "word": "响当当"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎnzhù",
      "word": "顯著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎnzhù",
      "word": "显著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāoqiáng",
      "word": "高強"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāoqiáng",
      "word": "高强"
    }
  ],
  "word": "了不起"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 了不起 meaning in Chinese (9.8kB)

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  "called_from": "page/2196",
  "msg": "parse_linkage_recurse unhandled NodeKind.URL: <URL(['https://wiki.local/w/index.php?action=edit&title=Thesaurus%3A%E5%87%BA%E8%89%B2'], ['edit']){} >",
  "path": [
    "了不起"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "了不起",
  "trace": ""
}

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