了不起 meaning and pronunciation

了不起
Simplified/traditional word

了不起 English definition

liǎo bu qǐ

  • amazing
  • terrific
  • extraordinary

HSK level


Characters

  • 了 (le): (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause);
  • 不 (bù): (negative prefix); not; no;
  • 起 (qǐ): to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; (before place or time) starting from; classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group;