ang pow
英语
[编辑]其他形式
[编辑]词源
[编辑]源自閩南語 紅包／红包 (âng-pau)。hong bao 的同源對似詞。
发音
[编辑]名词
[编辑]ang pow (複數 ang pows)
- 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.
- 但如果你遇到是那种“唯利是图”的小孩，有时你真希望自己能从他们贪婪的双手中把红包抢回来。按照常理，小孩收到红包后要感谢，然后马上把红包收起来。
- 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.
- 红包是传统而又十分流行的礼物。乔迁喜宴、结婚典礼、告别、生日、回馈人情、捐赠等等场合，都有红包的身影。做棺材的人也会在潜在客户离开店铺时向其赠送一个象征性的红包，无论是否达成交易。
- 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.
- 这餐晚饭是我有史以来吃的最多的一次。年夜饭吃完后，父母通常会向孩子和未婚大人发红包。
- 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.
- 我在每封红包上都写上了金额。阿嫲才确诊了阿尔茨海默病，农历新年又来了，我想她所能做的也就是发红包了。