打烊
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Chinese[edit]
beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen |
molten; smelt | ||
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trad. (打烊) | 打 | 烊 | |
simp. #(打烊) | 打 | 烊 |
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps arising from the taboo for mentioning 關門/关门 (guānmén, “to close down (for the day or permanently)”). Literally “to cast an ingot (from the silver coins earned during the day)”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
打⫽烊 (verb-object)
- (regional) to close a business or building for the night; to close the shutters; to cease operations for the day
- 吃到侍應生靜靜話現已打烊 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2022, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), GooChan; 張天賦 [MC] (music), 老派約會之必要 [A Gentleman's Guide to Old-Fashioned Dating], performed by 張天賦 [MC]
- hek3 dou3 si6 jing3 sang1 zing6 zing6 waa6 jin6 ji5 daa2 joeng4-2 [Jyutping]
- [Let's] eat until the waiter quietly says, "We've closed for the night now"
吃到侍应生静静话现已打烊 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
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