摇红包

搖紅包

yáohóngbāo

verb

Meanings

1 to shake for a red envelope
2 to win a red envelope by shaking your phone

Characters

Examples

春晚的时候大家都在摇红包。

Chūnwǎn de shíhòu dàjiā dōu zài yáohóngbāo.

During the Spring Festival Gala everyone was shaking their phones for red envelopes.

我摇了半天也没摇到红包。

Wǒ yáole bàntiān yě méi yáo dào hóngbāo.

I shook for ages and still didn't win a red packet.

Tips

culture

WeChat's 2015 CCTV Spring Festival Gala partnership turned phone-shaking into a nationwide ritual — users shook their phones during the broadcast to win sponsored red envelopes. Over a billion shakes per minute at peak. The verb 摇 entered the pop-culture payments vocabulary from this moment.

Stroke Order

摇 yáo

红 hóng

包 bāo