离谱儿

離譜兒

lípǔr

adjective HSK 7

Meanings

Zhège jiàgé yě tài lípǔr le ba!

This price is just too outrageous!

Tā shuō de huà yuè lái yuè lípǔr.

What he says is getting more and more ridiculous.

history

离谱 originally meant "departing from the musical score" (谱 = score/sheet music). Something 离谱 has gone completely off-script.

usage

离谱儿 is the erhua (儿化) form common in northern Mandarin. 离谱 without 儿 is also widely used.

离 lí

谱 pǔ

儿 ér