Chinese Conversation · Level 64
90 words
Chinese word
打烊
Pronunciation
Pinyindǎ yàng
Meaning
- verbclose for the day
Example
这家店每天晚上十点就打烊。zhè jiā diàn měi tiān wǎn shàng shí diǎn jiù dǎ yàng
This store closes for the day at 10 every night.
More examples
商店已经打烊了，门口很安静。shāng diàn yǐ jīng dǎ yàng le mén kǒu hěn ān jìng
The store is already closed for the day, and the entrance is very quiet.
Core concept
A business reaches the quiet boundary between serving today's customers and opening again tomorrow.
Common phrases
商店打烊shāng diàn dǎ yàng
the store closes for the day
已经打烊了yǐ jīng dǎ yàng le
The store has already closed for the day
快要打烊了kuài yào dǎ yàng le
The store is about to close for the day
Similar words
关门guān mén: Shutting a business's entrance to finish serving customers for the day.
收摊shōu tān: Putting away goods and taking down a street stall after trading for the day.
Definition in Chinese
指商店、饭馆等在当日营业时间结束时关门、停止接待顾客并结束当天营业的动作或状态。zhǐ shāng diàn fàn guǎn děng zài dāng rì yíng yè shí jiān jié shù shí guān mén tíng zhǐ jiē dài gù kè bìng jié shù dàng tiān yíng yè de dòng zuò huò zhuàng tài
Word origin
打烊 (dǎyàng, "close for the day") uses 打 (dǎ, "perform an action") before 烊 (yàng, "end business"), a colloquial regional expression with no fully settled older etymology.
Usage tips
- A restaurant can be 打烊 (dǎyàng, "close for the day") while remaining an active business, which prevents confusing daily closing with permanent shutdown.