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普通话 - the bill please. 埋单 结账 结帐 I was taught the first one and I hear it used. What about the second and third forms of asking for the bill at the end of a meal. How common are they used? Are there parts of China that will look at me strangely if I say 埋单? Are there parts of China that will look at me strangely if I say 结账? Why 结账 and 结帐? Which one is better for writing Chinese?
2016년 1월 26일 오전 4:12
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When asking for the bill at the end of a meal,people usually say 埋单 or 买单. I guess you already know that 埋单 comes from Cantonese. While the connection between Cantonese and the rest of China gets closer day by day,the latter took the Cantonese word 埋单but use the homonymic word 买单. In Cantonese,people use埋单instead of 买单 when paying the bill for a meal.Actually the two words are different in Cantonese. In other parts of China,people say 买单.You can also say 结账.But I think 买单 is more common.(服务员,买单。) 结账 and 结帐 are the same.They are often used in accounting. And 结账 is better in writing Chinese.
2016년 1월 26일
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In Taiwan, both of them are commonly used! but I usually use 結帳! 結帳sounds more gentle!
2016년 1월 26일
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高档酒店里通常讲 买单(埋单),抵挡一些的小餐馆一般讲 结帐(结账)
2016년 1월 26일
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结账and结帐have no differece. 两者没有区别,是通用的。
2016년 1월 26일
I think these two words don"t have too much difference, the word of 埋单or买单,was used in high-class restaurant more I think, and in the situation that you want entertain someone else, I think 埋单or买单 is more implicit and polite
2016년 1월 26일
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