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烊

yàng / yáng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to close shop for the day
  2. 2 (dialect) to melt; to dissolve

Examples

这家饭馆十点打烊。
Zhèjiā fànguǎn shídiǎn dǎyàng.
The restaurant closes for the night at ten.
我们来得太晚，店已经打烊了。
Wǒmen lái de tài wǎn, diàn yǐjīng dǎyàng le.
We came too late; the shop had already shut up for the day.

Tips

usage
In daily life 烊 is almost always in 打烊 (to close up shop for the night). The word spread into standard Mandarin from southern dialects, where 烊 also meant 'to melt'.

Components

radical
火 huǒ
fire
The fire radical, since the root idea is melting under heat. In 打烊 that 'shutting down the fire' image extends to a shop closing for the night.
phonetic
羊 yáng
sheep; goat
Supplies the sound. 羊 yáng gives the base reading; in the 'close shop' sense the tone shifts to yàng. Its 'sheep' meaning plays no role here.

Stroke Order

烊 yàng