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


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
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