English
Red envelopes
Noun
red envelope (plural red envelopes)
- A monetary gift which is given during holidays or special occasions, such as the Chinese New Year.
Translations
monetary gift
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 利市, 利是 (lai6 si6), 紅包, 红包 (hung4 baau1)
- Hakka: 紅包, 红包 (fùng-pâu)
- Mandarin: 紅包 (zh), 红包 (zh) (hóngbāo), 利市 (zh) (lìshì), 利是 (zh) (lìshì) (regional), 壓歲錢 (zh), 压岁钱 (zh) (yāsuìqián) (New Year's gift)
- Min Nan: 紅包 (zh-min-nan), 红包 (âng-pau)
- Finnish: punainen kirjekuori
- French: enveloppe rouge f, paquet rouge m
- German: Hong Bao m, n (from Chinese), roter Umschlag m
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- Indonesian: angpau (id) (from Chinese)
- Japanese: 祝儀袋 (しゅうぎぶくろ, shūgi-bukuro) (wedding gift), お年玉 (おとしだま, otoshidama) (New Year's gift)
- Korean: 세뱃돈 (sebaetdon)
- Malay: angpau (from Chinese)
- Portuguese: envelope vermelho m
- Russian: кра́сный конве́рт m (krásnyj konvért)
- Thai: อั่งเปา (th) (àng-bpao) (from Chinese)
- Vietnamese: lì xì (vi) (from Chinese), phong bao mừng tuổi
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