埋maai4單daan1

English

1. to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)
2. (slang) (a term of gang) to kill somebody
3. to pay the bill, usually after a meal in a restaurant
4. (fig.) to bear responsibility
5. to take responsibility; to bear the consequences
6. to kill; to murder; to finish off

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 食完嘢計返消費總額；引申指食飯俾錢
2. 為一啲事情負責任、承擔後果
3. 殺死；引申指擊敗人，令人冇還擊之力、冇得翻身

Examples

• 伙記，埋單！

  Waiter! The bill, please.

• 埋單吖唔該。

  The bill, please.

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• 埋單嗰陣唔好俾咁多貼士啊。

  Don't tip too much when you pay the bill.

• 呢餐飯好抵，埋單每人都唔使一百蚊。

  This meal is so cheap. It costs less than one hundred dollars per person. ----

• 只要埋到佢身，我一拳就可以埋佢單。

  If I can get close to him, I can kill him in one punch.

• 唔好意思，我哋就嚟打烊喇，不如幫你哋埋咗張單先吖？

  Sorry, we're closing soon. Would you mind settling up now?

• 明明係佢做錯事搞到個項目超晒支，點解要我哋幫佢埋單？

  It was obviously due to his mistake that we overspent on the project. Why should we have to bear the consequences for him? ----

• 大個女喇，要記住你今日所做嘅事，第日都係要自己埋單㗎。

  You are a grown up girl now. Keep in mind that you will have to take responsibility for your actions from now on.