English
ang pow
Ang pow comes from Hokkien 紅包／红包 ‘red packet’.
- Hokkienmodern紅包／红包âng-pau‘red packet’
- Englishearliest quotation 1996ang pow
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hokkienmodern紅包／红包âng-pau‘red packet’
- Englishearliest quotation 1996ang pow
Earliest quotation: 1996, Su Kim Lee, Malaysian flavours: insights into things Malaysian: “However, if you come across kids of the really…”
Every English word from Hokkien 紅包／红包
Today it means
noun Synonym of red envelope (“hongbao”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hokkien 紅包／红包 / ang pow