In this paper, a -dimensional generalized shallow water wave equation is investigated through bilinear Hirota method. Interestingly, the breather-type and lump-type soliton solutions are obtained. Furthermore, dynamic properties of the soliton waves are revealed by means of the asymptotic analysis. Based on Hirota bilinear method and Riemann theta function, we succeed in constructing quasi-periodic wave solutions with a generalized form. We also display the asymptotic properties of these quasi-periodic wave solutions and point out the relation between the quasi-periodic wave solutions and the soliton solutions.