Chinese New Year Vocabulary | Mandarin Chinese Story | 中国新年 | Chinese New Year Intermediate 2/3 中国年

Red envelope: Every Lunar New Year, children are typically given red envelopes containing "lucky money", meant to represent good wishes for the year ahead. *Tone changes for "bù" (不) bù + 4th tone = bú + 4th tone. *Tone changes for "yī" (一) yī + 4th tone = yí + 4th tone. yī + 1st, 2nd, 3rd tone = yì + 1st, 2nd, 3rd tone. Tone changes for 3rd tone + 3rd tone 3rd tone + 3rd tone = 2nd tone +3rd tone e.g. Nǐ hǎo = Ní hǎo