Key facts
- Traditional chinese
- 紅包
- Simplified chinese
- 红包
- Literal meaning
- red packet
- Hanyu pinyin
- hóngbāo
- Ipa
- [xʊ ̌ ŋ.pa ́ ʊ]
- Romanization
- fung bao
- Yale romanization
- hùhngbāau
- Jyutping
- hung4 baau1
- Hokkien poj
- âng-pau
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Alternative Chinese name Chinese利是, 利市 or 利事 Literal meaning"good for business"
Burmese name Burmeseအန်ပေါင်း an paung Vietnamese name Vietnamese alphabetlì xì mừng tuổi Hán-Nôm利市 𢜠歲 Thai name Thaiอั่งเปา RTGSang pow Japanese name Kanjiお年玉袋 祝儀袋
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “red envelope” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.