打烊

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	molten; smelt
trad. (打烊)		打	烊
simp. #(打烊)		打	烊

Etymology

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎyàng, dǎyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄤˋ, ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² joeng^4-2, daa² joeng⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): da² iang⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tan ⁶yan; ⁵tan-yan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎyàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎyàng
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-yang⁴
    • Yale: dǎ-yàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daayanq
    • Palladius: даян (dajan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 打樣／打样 打烊

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎyáng
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-yang²
    • Yale: dǎ-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daayang
    • Palladius: даян (dajan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² joeng^4-2, daa² joeng⁴
    • Yale: dá yéung, dá yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² joeng^4-2, daa² joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² yêng^4-2, da² yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ jœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /taː³⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: da² iang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tá iăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta⁵²⁻³⁵ iaŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tan ⁶yan; ⁵tan-yan
    • MiniDict: tan^去 yan^去; tan^去 yan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tan ³hhian; ²tan-hhian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tã⁴⁴  ɦiã²³/, /tã³³ ɦiã⁴⁴/

Verb

打⫽烊 (verb-object)

1. (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.]
     吃到侍应生静静话现已打烊 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     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 joeng^4-2 [Jyutping]

     [Let's] eat until the waiter quietly says, "We've closed for the night now"