red envelope

English

Red envelopes

Etymology

red + envelope

Noun

red envelope (plural red envelopes)

1. A monetary gift which is given during holidays or special occasions, such as the Chinese New Year.

Synonyms

• red packet
• red pocket

Translations

monetary gift

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 利市, 利是 (lai⁶ si⁶), 紅包／红包 (hung⁴ baau¹), 红包 (hung⁴ baau¹)

  Hakka: 紅包／红包, 红包 (fùng-pâu)

  Mandarin: 紅包／红包 (zh) (hóngbāo), 红包 (zh) (hóngbāo), 利市 (zh) (lìshì), 利是 (zh) (lìshì) (regional), 壓歲錢／压岁钱 (zh) (yāsuìqián), 压岁钱 (zh) (yāsuìqián) (New Year's gift)

  Min Nan: 紅包／红包 (zh-min-nan), 红包 (âng-pau)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: punainen kirjekuori
• French: enveloppe rouge f, paquet rouge m
• German: Hong Bao m or 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)
• Spanish: sobre rojo m
• Thai: อั่งเปา (th) (àng-bpao) (from Chinese)
• Vietnamese: lì xì (vi) (from Chinese), phong bao mừng tuổi