结婚礼物

結婚禮物
jiéhūnlǐwù
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 wedding gift

Examples

Tóngshì jiéhūn, wǒmen còuqián mǎi le jiéhūn lǐwù.
A colleague's getting married, so we chipped in for a wedding gift.
Zài Zhōngguó, jiéhūn lǐwù tōngcháng shì hóngbāo.
In China, wedding gifts are usually red envelopes of cash.

Tips

culture
Red envelope (红包) cash is the default. Amounts carry etiquette: avoid 4 (sounds like ), prefer pairs (), common figures are 288, 388, 588, 666, 888, 1314 (一生一世). Gifted physical items tend to be household goods or gold jewelry.

Stroke Order

jié
hūn