封包

Chinese

		to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)	to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
simp. and trad. (封包)		封	包

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ baau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongbao
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-pao¹
    • Yale: fēng-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengbau
    • Palladius: фэнбао (fɛnbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ baau¹
    • Yale: fūng bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

封包

1. (networking) packet
2. (dialectal) red envelope

   • 最後作別，黎老闆塞給我兒子一個封包，我早知東莞人愛講「利市」，也將事先備好的封包給他孩子。 [MSC, trad.]
     最后作别，黎老板塞给我儿子一个封包，我早知东莞人爱讲「利市」，也将事先备好的封包给他孩子。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2013, 潘朝阳 (Pan Chaoyang), 《在东莞拜年》, in 《生日感动》, Nanning: Guangxi Nationalities Publishing House, →ISBN

     Zuìhòu zuòbié, Lí lǎobǎn sài gěi wǒ érzǐ yīge fēngbāo, wǒ zǎozhī dōngwǎnrén ài jiǎng “lìshì”, yě jiāng shìxiān bèihǎo de fēngbāo gěi tā háizǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紅包 (“red envelope”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紅包
Mandarin	Beijing	紅包兒
	Taiwan	紅包
	Jinan	紅包
	Guilin	紅包, 封包
	Liuzhou	紅包
	Nanning (Fujian)	封包, 利市
	Nanning (Wuming)	封包, 利市, 紅包
	Yizhou	封包, 利市, 紅包
	Singapore	紅包
Cantonese	Guangzhou	利市
	Hong Kong	利市
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	賞封
	Macau	利市
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	利市
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	利市
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	利市
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	利市
	Foshan	利市
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	利市
	Foshan (Shunde)	利市
	Foshan (Sanshui)	封包, 利市
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	封包
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	利市
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	利市
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	利市
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	利市
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	利市
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	利市
	Taishan	利市
	Kaiping (Chikan)	利市
	Enping (Niujiang)	利市
	Heshan (Yayao)	利市
	Dongguan	利市
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	利市
	Nanning	利市
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	利市
	Guiping (Madong)	封包, 利市
	Baise	利市
	Qinzhou	利市, 封包
	Qinzhou (Changtan)	利市, 封包
	Singapore (Guangfu)	紅包
Gan	Pingxiang	紅包
Hakka	Meixian	利市
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	利市
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	利市, 利市包
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	利市
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	利市袋
	Conghua (Lütian)	利市
	Yudu	紅包
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	紅包
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	紅包
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	紅包
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	紅包
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	紅包
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	紅包
	Bobai (Lingping)	封包
Southern Min	Xiamen	紅包
	Quanzhou	紅包
	Shishi	紅包
	Zhangzhou	紅包
	Tainan	紅包
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅包
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紅包
	Manila (Hokkien)	紅包
	Chaozhou	紅包
	Shantou	紅包
	Jieyang	紅包, 利市
	Singapore (Teochew)	紅包
	Pontianak (Teochew)	紅包
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	利市, 利市包
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	利市
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Yangjia)	封包
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	封包, 紅包
Wu	Danyang	紅包
	Jinhua	紅包
Xiang	Loudi	紅包

Descendants

• → Zhuang: fungbau (“red envelope”)