ang pow

英語

其他形式

• angpau, ang pao, angpao, ang pau

詞源

源自閩南語 紅包／红包 (âng-pau)。hong bao 的同源對似詞。

發音

• (新加坡) 國際音標^(幫助): /ɑŋ paʊ/, [ɑŋ˨ paʊ˦]
• 韻部：-aʊ

名詞

ang pow (複數 ang pows)

1. hongbao之同義詞
   • 1996, Su Kim Lee, Malaysian flavours: insights into things Malaysian，第 88 頁:

     However, if you come across kids of the really mercenary kind, then you wish you could snatch back the ang pow from their greedy hands. A kid is supposed to receive an ang pow, thank the giver, then put away his ang pow immediately.

     但如果你遇到是那種「唯利是圖」的小孩，有時你真希望自己能從他們貪婪的雙手中把紅包搶回來。按照常理，小孩收到紅包後要感謝，然後馬上把紅包收起來。

   • 2010, Ooi Keat Gin, The A to Z of Malaysia, →ISBN，第 19 頁:

     A traditional and popular gift, ang pow is given at a house warming, during the tea ceremony to a bridal couple, at a farewell, on a birthday, in return for a favor or a donation, and on other occasions. A symbolic ang pow is given to a prospective client by a coffin maker upon the former exiting his premises, regardless of any transaction.

     紅包是傳統而又十分流行的禮物。喬遷喜宴、結婚典禮、告別、生日、回饋人情、捐贈等等場合，都有紅包的身影。做棺材的人也會在潛在客戶離開店鋪時向其贈送一個象徵性的紅包，無論是否達成交易。

   • 2014, Bryan Paul Lai, The Joy of Life: The Land Below The Wind, →ISBN，第 87 頁:

     After the scrumptious dinner, which I had never before eaten so much, came to an end, it was customary for the parents to hand out red packages or ang pow to the children and unmarried adults.

     這餐晚飯是我有史以來吃的最多的一次。年夜飯吃完後，父母通常會向孩子和未婚大人發紅包。

   • 2016, Wong Chai Kee, Even When She Forgot My Name: Love, Life and My Mother’s Alzheimer’s, →ISBN:

     I wrote the amount on each ang pow. When Chinese New Year came, just after the Alzheimer's diagnosis, I thought all Ma could do was hand out the ang pows.

     我在每封紅包上都寫上了金額。阿嫲才確診了阿爾茨海默病，農曆新年又來了，我想她所能做的也就是發紅包了。