埋單

See also: 埋单

Chinese

		to blame; bury	bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain
trad. (埋單)		埋	單
simp. (埋单)		埋	单

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máidān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴ daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máidān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máidan
    • Wade–Giles: mai²-tan¹
    • Yale: mái-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maidan
    • Palladius: майдань (majdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁴ daan¹
    • Yale: màaih dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹ taːn⁵⁵/

Verb

埋單

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to pay for the restaurant bill; to pick up the bill; to pay the check

   伙記，埋單！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   伙记，埋单！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   fo² gei³, maai⁴ daan¹! [Jyutping]

   Waiter, the bill, please!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 結賬 (“to pay a bill; to settle accounts”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		結賬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	買單
	Taiwan	結賬, 買單
	Singapore	買單
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睇數, 埋單, 找數
	Hong Kong	埋單, 找數, 睇數
	Taishan	睇數, 結數
	Kaiping (Chikan)	找數
	Singapore (Guangfu)	埋單
Hakka	Meixian	買單
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	算數, 結數
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	算數, 結數
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	算數, 結數
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	算數, 結數
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	算數, 結數
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	算數, 結數
Southern Min	Xiamen	結數
	Quanzhou	結數
	Zhangzhou	結數
	Tainan	結數
	Singapore (Hokkien)	結數
	Chaozhou	結數
	Wenchang	作數
	Haikou	作數
	Singapore (Hainanese)	結數
Wu	Wenzhou	算賬, 買單