<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Khmer name </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Khmer </Th> <Td> អាំង ប៉ាវ ang pav or tae ea </Td> </Tr> <P> In Chinese and other East Asian and Southeast Asian societies, a red envelope, red packet, li xì (Vietnamese), lai see (Cantonese), âng - pau (Hokkien) or hóngbāo (Mandarin) is a monetary gift which is given during holidays or special occasions such as weddings, graduation or the birth of a baby . </P> <P> Outside of China, similar customs have been adopted across parts of Southeast Asia and many other countries with a sizable ethnic Chinese population . In 2014, the Chinese mobile app WeChat popularized the distribution of red envelopes via mobile payments over the Internet . </P>

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