How to Say ‘The bill, please’ in Simplified Chinese
请买单
qǐng mǎi dān
[ching my dan]
🇨🇳 In China: [请买单] is understandable, but in restaurants people often just say [买单] or use a small hand signal to catch staff first. In many places in China, you usually ask to pay at the end rather than waiting for the bill to be brought automatically.
Phrase Breakdown
请
qǐng
[ching]
please
A polite word used when making requests.
请买单，谢谢。
Please bring the bill, thank you.
买
mǎi
[my]
buy
Usually means to buy, but in 买单 it forms a set phrase meaning to pay the bill.
我想买这个。
I want to buy this.
单
dān
[dan]
bill; check
In restaurants, 单 refers to the bill or check.
我们的单在哪里？
Where is our bill?
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