Chinese word

分单

Pronunciation

Pinyinfēn dān

Meaning

  • verbpay separately

Example

我们可以分单付钱吗？wǒ men ké yǐ fēn dān fù qián ma

Can we pay separately?

Illustration for 分单 (pay separately)

More examples

你们要分单还是合单？nǐ men yào fēn dān hái shì hé dān

Do you want to pay separately or together?

Core concept

One restaurant bill is sorted into shares based on people or on the items they ordered.

Common phrases

  • 分单付钱fēn dān fù qián

    pay separately

  • 分单付款fēn dān fù kuǎn

    pay separately

  • 分单结账fēn dān jié zhàng

    settle the bill separately

Similar words

分开付款fēn kāi fù kuǎn: Making separate payments for different orders or checks.
各自付款gè zì fù kuǎn: Having each person pay only for their own order or share.
平摊píng tān: Splitting the total bill evenly among the people paying.

Definition in Chinese

把账单按人或按所点项目分开，各自付各自那部分的行为。bǎ zhàng dān àn rén huò àn suǒ diǎn xiàng mù fēn kāi gè zì fù gè zì nà bù fèn de xíng wéi

Word origin

分单 (fēndān, "to pay separately") is formed from 分 (fēn, "to divide") + 单 (dān, "bill"), so its structure pictures a bill divided into individual shares.

Usage tips

  • For everyday restaurant speech, this word is useful when discussing payment before the server finalizes the bill, not only when describing the result afterward.

Other meanings

  • separate checknoun

Opposites

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