红包 hóng bāo money wrapped in red as a giftbonus paymentkickbackbribe Example sentences 红包的钱只能放偶数。 hóngbāo de qián zhǐ néng fàng ǒushù. You can only put 'even amounts' of money in red envelopes 我今年包了红包给我的父母。 wǒ jīnnián bāole hóngbāo gěi wǒ de fùmǔ. This year I prepared a red envelope to give to my parents