You must only use red paper for hongbao because red means luck.

你只能用红色的纸包红包，因为红色代表幸运。

There's also a custom of giving and receiving red envelopes, or hongbao.

春节还有发红包的习俗。

Called hongbao in Chinese, they’re one of Chinese New Year’s best-known traditions.

在中文中称为红包，是农历新年最著名的传统之一。

An attached friend is asked yearly when she intends to stop receiving hongbaos, an indirect way of suggesting that she should get married.

每年都会有人询问一位有伴的朋友何时打算停止收红包，这是一种暗示她应该结婚的间接方式。

And a high-flying girlfriend in her 40s has a relative who insists on giving her the same S$10 hongbao the four-year-olds of the family get - because she is single.

一个 40 多岁的高飞女友有一个亲戚坚持要给她和家里四岁的孩子一样的 10 新元红包——因为她是单身。

Streets and homes are festooned with red lanterns and couplets, while children and unmarried individuals receive red envelopes or 'hongbao' filled with money, signifying the bestowing of good luck and prosperity for the upcoming year.

街道和家庭都挂满了红灯笼和对联，而儿童和未婚人士会收到装满钱的红包或“红包”，象征着来年的好运和繁荣。