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得了

dé le

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

得了 (dé le) means "all right!; that's enough!; (emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 得了 means

1. all right!
2. that's enough!

How 得了 is used in grammar

得了 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Fixed Phrases: 不得了、用不着、得了 (HSK 5)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 6, set phrases (其他).

Other readings

得了 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dé liǎo(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible

The characters in 得了

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…

Example sentences

• 我得了金牌。
  Wǒ déle jīnpái.
  I won the gold medal.
• 她得了痛风。
  Tā déle tòngfēng.
  She is affected with the gout.
• 我记不得了。
  I can't remember.
• 我不记得了。
  I don't remember.
• 你来得了吗？
  Can you make it?
• 他们等得了。
  They can wait.

Words containing 得了

• 不得了bù dé liǎodesperately serious; disastrous; extremely
• 受得了shòu de liǎoto put up with; to endure
• 怎么得了zěn me dé liǎohow can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess!
• 跑得了和尚，跑不了庙pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miàothe monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)…

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