hongbaon.

Brit.

/ˈhɒŋbaʊ/, U.S.

/ˈhɔŋˌbaʊ/,

/ˈhɑŋˌbaʊ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, hongbaos.

Forms: 1900s– hong bao, 1900s– hongbao.

Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese hóngbāo.

Etymology: < Chinese hóngbāo (late 19th cent. or earlier) < hóng red + bāo packet, package. Compare earlier ang pow n. Compare also earlier red packet n. and red envelope n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i).

A traditional Chinese good luck gift of money. Also: the red envelope in which this gift is presented. Cf. lucky money n. at lucky adj. Compounds, red packet n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i).

ΚΠ

1980 S. A. Carstens Images Community in Chinese Malaysian Settlement (Ph.D. diss., Cornell Univ.) iv. 114 Hong baos are given by guests at weddings and funerals to help defray the cost of these feasts.

1991 C. Stepanchuk & C. Wong Mooncakes & Hungry Ghosts 38 During the New Year, lucky lions are visible everywhere..promising good luck to merchants in exchange for red hongbao packets filled with money.

2001 E. P. Lozada God Aboveground vi. 116 She finally accepted the tea and handed the bride a hong bao.

2013 Straits Times (Singapore) 23 Aug. (Home section) 8/3 Sometimes she earns extra by getting hongbao, or red packets. While these usually amount to $10 or $20, she once received one that contained $100.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hongbao
释义	hongbaon. Brit. /ˈhɒŋbaʊ/, U.S. /ˈhɔŋˌbaʊ/, /ˈhɑŋˌbaʊ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, hongbaos. Forms: 1900s– hong bao, 1900s– hongbao. Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese hóngbāo. Etymology: < Chinese hóngbāo (late 19th cent. or earlier) < hóng red + bāo packet, package. Compare earlier ang pow n. Compare also earlier red packet n. and red envelope n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i). A traditional Chinese good luck gift of money. Also: the red envelope in which this gift is presented. Cf. lucky money n. at lucky adj. Compounds, red packet n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i). ΚΠ 1980 S. A. Carstens Images Community in Chinese Malaysian Settlement (Ph.D. diss., Cornell Univ.) iv. 114 Hong baos are given by guests at weddings and funerals to help defray the cost of these feasts. 1991 C. Stepanchuk & C. Wong Mooncakes & Hungry Ghosts 38 During the New Year, lucky lions are visible everywhere..promising good luck to merchants in exchange for red hongbao packets filled with money. 2001 E. P. Lozada God Aboveground vi. 116 She finally accepted the tea and handed the bride a hong bao. 2013 Straits Times (Singapore) 23 Aug. (Home section) 8/3 Sometimes she earns extra by getting hongbao, or red packets. While these usually amount to $10 or $20, she once received one that contained $100. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1980
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