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埋單
maai4 daan1 |
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call for the bill (US/AU: check) at restaurants. Mandarin uses 買單 because Tone 4 in Cantonese sounds closest to Tone 3 in Mandarin [Syn.] 算賬, 結賬, 睇數 Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,220,000 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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埋單 / 埋单 | ||
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Characters in this word:埋 maai4 - bury; conceal; finish up; move closer單 daan1 sin6 sin4 - single; odd number; simple; list; only 1 compounds containing this word:幫埋單 - to kill sb; to have sb killed |
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