angpau

angpau (plural angpaus)

1. Alternative form of ang pow
   • 1990, Contributions to Southeast Asian Ethnography, page 24:

     The lorchu' s angpau contained two Malaysian dollars, those of the thauke, 40 cents.

   • 2003, Choo Ming Ding & ‎Kee Beng Ooi, Chinese Studies of the Malay World: A Comparative Approach:

     It says the children receive angpau from the adults, while the old receive angpau from the young.

From Hokkien 紅包／红包 (âng-pau, “red packet”). Compare Mandarin 紅包／红包 (hóngbāo, “red packet”).

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.pau/
• Hyphenation: ang‧pau

angpau (plural angpau-angpau, first-person possessive angpauku, second-person possessive angpaumu, third-person possessive angpaunya)

1. A red envelope which one fills with money and gives as a gift in many Asian countries, especially to children and unmarried people on Chinese New Year; red envelope; ang pow.

• angpao
• hongbao