粵

好hou2冇mou2

hou2 mou2hou2 mou5hǎo mǎo

English

  1. is it ok?; is it alright?; is it good or not? [colloquial]
  2. "How about ..." in a question, in which mou2 is the product of elision of 唔 m4 and 好 hou2 in 好唔好 hou2m4hou2

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係問句中嘅「好唔好」;「冇」係「唔」同「好」嘅合音,由前者聲母及後者韻母、聲調組成

Examples

  • 我哋飛的去啦,好冇?

    Let's go by taxi, OK?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我哋搭的士去啦,好冇?

    Let's go by taxi, OK?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我諗緊好冇賣咗棟樓佢。

    I'm thinking about putting my house up for sale.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我哋一路飲茶一路傾,好冇呀?

    Let's talk over a cup of tea, shall we?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我哋諗緊好冇喺間屋到間多一間睡房。

    We're thinking of adding on another bedroom to the house.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 幫我寄咗呢兩封信好冇?

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 不如去食日本嘢啦,好冇唧?

    Why not have a meal in a Japanese Restaurant?

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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