唔好

wúhǎo
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 don't (Cantonese)
  2. 2 not good
  3. 3 = 不要 / 不好 in Mandarin

Examples

Wúhǎo jiǎng yě.
Don't talk. (Cantonese: m4 hou2 gong2 je5)
Nī jiàn shì wúhǎo.
This isn't a good thing. (Cantonese)
Wúhǎo yìsi, jiè guò.
Excuse me, let me through. (Cantonese: m4 hou2 ji3 si1)

Tips

grammar
Two uses: (1) negative imperative 唔好+verb = 'don't do X' (≈ Mandarin 不要 / ); (2) adjective 'not good' (≈ Mandarin 不好). Context decides which — 唔好 is 'don't go', 唔好 is 'this place is no good'.
culture
唔好意思 (m4 hou2 ji3 si1) — 'sorry / excuse me' — is possibly the most-heard Cantonese politeness phrase after 唔该. Both translate to 不好意思 in Mandarin.

Stroke Order

hǎo