好嘢

hǎoyě
interjection

Meanings

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

Examples

好嘢
Hǎoyě! Wǒ dèi yíng zuǒ!
Yes! We won! (Cantonese: hou2 je5! ngo5 dei6 jeng4 zo2)
Nī gè zhēn xì hǎoyě.
This is really a good thing. (Cantonese)
Hǎoyě, nǐ gǎo diān 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 .

Stroke Order

hǎo