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angpau

angpau 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 angpau

pluralangpaus

Questions about angpau

What is angpau the alternative form of?
Angpau is the alternative form of ang pow.

Words near angpau in the dictionary

  1. Angoumois moths
  2. Angourie
  3. Angove
  4. angpao
  5. angpaos
  6. angpau
  7. angpaus
  8. angpow
  9. angpows
  10. Angra do Heroísmo
  11. Angra Mainyu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: angpau (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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