English
hongbao
Hongbao comes from Mandarin 紅包.
- Mandarinmodern紅包hóngbāo
- Englishearliest quotation 1980hongbao
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern紅包hóngbāo
- Englishearliest quotation 1980hongbao
Earliest quotation: 1980, B. Michael Frolic, Notes [Notes to Pages 50–65]: “In the old days gifts of money were given…”
Every English word from Mandarin 紅包
Today it means
noun Synonym of red envelope.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 紅包 / hongbao