不得了 bùdéliǎo▶ Sangat

Stroke order

不得了 is written in 17 strokes across 3 characters.

• 不 — 4 strokes
• 得 — 11 strokes
• 了 — 2 strokes

Senses

1. desperately serious
2. disastrous
3. extremely
4. exceedingly

Related words

• 不如tidak sebaik
• 不安Gelisah, tidak stabil
• 不断Terus-menerus
• 不然kalau tidak
• 不足tidak cukup
• 显得Muncul, tampak

不得了 is pronounced bùdéliǎo and means “Sangat”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 不得了 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.