红
包

Money wrapped in red as a gift in Chinese: 红包 (hóng bāo)

hóng bāo

money wrapped in red as a gift

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 紅包1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1money wrapped in red as a gift
  2. 2bonus payment
  3. 3kickback
  4. 4bribe

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红
包

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄥˊ

hóng

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄅㄠ

bāo

ㄅ/ bㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

红包

Simplified

紅包

Traditional

Example sentences

See 红包 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 过年时爷爷给了我一个红包。

    guò nián shí yé ye gěi le wǒ yí gè hóng bāo。

    During the New Year my grandfather gave me a red envelope.

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Related words

红

hóng

red

包

bāo

to cover

面包

miàn bāo

bread

包括

bāo kuò

to comprise

包裹

bāo guǒ

to wrap up

包含

bāo hán

to contain

包子

bāo zi

bao (steamed stuffed bun)

钱包

qián bāo

purse

书包

shū bāo

schoolbag

红色

hóng sè

red (color)

红茶

hóng chá

black tea

红酒

hóng jiǔ

red wine

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