How to Say “Are you closed now?” in Chinese
Shopping · HSK 2
"Are you closed now?" in Chinese is 你们现在关门了吗？ (Nǐ men xiàn zài guān mén le ma?). 关门 (guān mén) is the everyday word for 'closed,' and the 了 (le) particle is critical here; it marks a change of state, meaning 'have you become closed?' Without 了, the sentence feels unnatural. 打烊 (dǎ yàng) is a slightly more formal, old-fashioned word that originally came from the shopkeeping tradition of covering merchandise at night; you'll see it on restaurant signs and hear it in Taiwan more than the mainland.
Primary translation
你们现在关门了吗？
Nǐ men xiàn zài guān mén le ma?
Traditional: 你們現在關門了嗎？
Variants by register
Formal
请问现在打烊了吗？
Qǐng wèn xiàn zài dǎ yàng le ma?
Casual
关了吗？
Guān le ma?
When to use it
关门 (guān mén) is the everyday word for 'closed,' and the 了 (le) particle is critical here; it marks a change of state, meaning 'have you become closed?' Without 了, the sentence feels unnatural. 打烊 (dǎ yàng) is a slightly more formal, old-fashioned word that originally came from the shopkeeping tradition of covering merchandise at night; you'll see it on restaurant signs and hear it in Taiwan more than the mainland. If a shop is closed for the day, signs often read 已打烊 (yǐ dǎ yàng) or 今日已打烊 (jīn rì yǐ dǎ yàng).
Example sentences
你们现在关门了吗？
Nǐ men xiàn zài guān mén le ma?
Are you closed now?
我们十点打烊，现在还可以进来。
Wǒ men shí diǎn dǎ yàng, xiàn zài hái kě yǐ jìn lái.
We close at 10, you can still come in now.
对不起，我们已经关门了，明天再来吧。
Duì bu qǐ, wǒ men yǐ jīng guān mén le, míng tiān zài lái ba.
Sorry, we've already closed; please come back tomorrow.