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埋單

简 埋单 · 繁 埋單
Mandarin · pinyin mái dān

Meanings

  1. to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)
  2. (fig.) to bear responsibility
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埋
mái · bury, secrete, conceal
單
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单
dān · single, individual, only; lone
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2–1 · mai2 dan1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maai4 daan1

Cantonese word readings for 埋單. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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maai4 daan1

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verb

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

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