好嘢

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	(Cant.) thing
simp. and trad. (好嘢)		好	嘢

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): hou² je⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hau² yie¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² je⁵
  - Yale: hóu yéh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² je⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² yé⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ jɛː¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hau² yie¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hau⁵⁵ ʒiɛ³³/

Noun

好嘢

(Cantonese) good stuff; something good

Interjection

好嘢

(Cantonese) great!; cool!; yay!

好嘢，今晚唔使挨夜，可以瞓餐飽！ [Cantonese, trad.]
好嘢，今晚唔使挨夜，可以瞓餐饱！ [Cantonese, simp.]
Hou² je⁵, gam¹ maan^5-1 m⁴ sai² ngaai⁴ je^6-2, ho² ji⁵ fan³ caan¹ baau²! [Jyutping]
Yay, tonight I don't have to burn the midnight oil! I can sleep all I want!

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