Translation

• to cause sb's death
• extremely
• terribly
• (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance

Synonyms

• 万分, 不可开交, 不得了, 不胜, 不行, 了不得, 充分, 分外, 十二分, 十分, 可怜, 坏, 够劲儿, 够呛, 大, 好, 好不, 好生, 异常, 很, 怪, 慌, 挺, 杀, 格外, 死, 死去活来, 殊, 深, 深深的, 煞, 煞是, 特别, 甚, 甚为, 生, 百倍, 百般, 稀, 綦, 绷, 老, 老大, 良, 蛮, 那个, 酷, 雅, 非常, 颇

Examples

• 我突然肚痛得要命。
  All of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.
• 火车挤得要命，我们都找不到位子坐。
  The train was so crowded that none of us could get a seat.