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From Hokkien 紅包/红包 (âng-pau, literally “red packet”). Doublet of angpow and hongbao.
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From Hokkien 紅包/红包 (âng-pau, literally “red packet”). Doublet of angpow and hongbao.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.