red envelope
Lunar New Year gift
A red envelope is a monetary gift presented in a red paper packet, traditional in Chinese and other East Asian cultures for holidays, weddings, and special occasions.
The red color symbolizes good luck and prosperity.
My grandmother always gave us red envelopes for Lunar New Year.
The practice has modernized into digital red envelopes sent through payment apps.
Currency for transactions
- cashReady spending funds
- presentGift or current moment
- offeringSomething presented or given
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
generosity · gratitude · token · favor · hongbao · recipient · giver · amount
Wealth or destiny
- good luckFavorable chance or fortune
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- auspiciousIndicating future success
lucky numbers · eight · good wishes · charm · superstition · omen · fortune-telling · protection
East Asian lunar celebration
- Lunar New YearFestival marking moon-calendar's beginning
- Spring FestivalLunar new year celebration
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- birthdayAnnual date of origin
festival · reunion · banquet · fireworks · lanterns · dragon dance · ceremony · feast
Habitual group practice
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- cultureCollective social practices
- eldersSenior community members
respect · filial piety · etiquette · ancestors · children · unmarried · married · hierarchy
Abundance of valuable resources
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- affluenceAbundance of money
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- successFavorable outcome attained
good fortune · new beginnings · thriving · growth · windfall · bonus · savings · investment
money
Currency for transactions
blessing · generosity · gratitude · token · favor · hongbao · recipient · giver · amount · denomination
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- good luckFavorable chance or fortune
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- prosperityGood fortune, success
auspicious · lucky numbers · eight · good wishes · charm · superstition · omen · fortune-telling · protection · positive energy
Chinese New Year
East Asian lunar celebration
- Lunar New YearFestival marking moon-calendar's beginning
- Spring FestivalLunar new year celebration
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
birthday · festival · reunion · banquet · fireworks · lanterns · dragon dance · ceremony · feast · graduation
custom
Habitual group practice
elders · respect · filial piety · etiquette · ancestors · children · unmarried · married · hierarchy · seniority
wealth
Abundance of valuable resources
success · good fortune · new beginnings · thriving · growth · windfall · bonus · savings · investment · economic
- red envelopesred packet, hongbao, lucky money, cash gift, gold trim
- weddingwedding, wedding ring, marry, wedding ceremony, wedding rings
- Chinese cultureConfucianism, Chinese calligraphy, Beijing, Chinese New Year, Daoism
- East Asian Culturechopsticks, yin and yang, tea ceremony, origami, qi
- ChinatownChinatown, dim sum, dragon dances, Chinese New Year, lion dances
- decorationsornament, ornaments, embellishment, trim, wreaths
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Pale paper letter holder
sympathy card · funeral wreath · joss paper · birthday card · spirit money
red envelopebad omen
Sign foretelling misfortune
curse · evil eye · jinx · black cat · misfortune
red envelopebill
Amount owed, written
invoice · tax notice · debt collection · fine
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