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ang pau

ang pau is the alternative form of ang pow.

Meaning of ang pow

Noun

ang pow (plural ang pows)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) Synonym of red envelope (“hongbao”).
    • 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.1996, Su Kim Lee, Malaysian flavours: insights into things Malaysian, page 88
    Synonyms:
    red envelope

Forms of ang pau

pluralang paus

Questions about ang pau

What is ang pau the alternative form of?
Ang pau is the alternative form of ang pow.

Words near ang pau in the dictionary

  1. ang moh
  2. ang mohs
  3. ang mos
  4. ang pao
  5. ang paos
  6. ang pau
  7. ang paus
  8. ang pow
  9. ang pows
  10. Ang Thong
  11. ang-khak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ang pau (page history and authors); ang pow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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