ang pow
英語 編輯
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源自閩南語 紅包／红包 (âng-pau)。hong bao的同源對似詞。
發音 編輯
名詞 編輯
ang pow (複數 ang pows)
- hongbao之同義詞
- 1996, Su Kim Lee, Malaysian flavours: insights into things Malaysian，頁號 88:
- 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，頁號 19:
- 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，頁號 87:
- 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。