好嘢

hǎoyě
interjection

Meanings

  1. 1 awesome!
  2. 2 great!
  3. 3 nice!
  4. 4 a good thing

Examples

HSK 5
Nī gè zhēn xì hǎoyě.
This is really a good thing. (Cantonese)
HSK 7-9
Hǎoyě! wǒ dī yíng zuǒ!
Yes! We won! (Cantonese)
HSK 7-9
Hǎoyě, nǐ gǎodiān la!
Awesome, you got it done! (Cantonese)

Tips

register
(je5) is Cantonese for 'thing / stuff'. 好嘢 pulls double duty: as an interjection it's 'yay! / nice!', and as a noun phrase it literally means 'a good thing'. Classic crowd cheer at HK sports events.
culture
Often stretched as 好嘢好嘢!in Cantonese opera and TVB drama moments of triumph. Mainland Mandarin equivalent: 好耶 or 太棒了.

Stroke Order

hǎo