结帐

結帳

jiézhàng

verb

Meanings

1 to settle the bill
2 to pay the check
3 to check out

Characters

settle; knot; conclude

Examples

服务员，麻烦结帐。

Fúwùyuán, máfan jiézhàng.

Waiter, the check please.

我们各付各的，分开结帐。

Wǒmen gè fù gè de, fēnkāi jiézhàng.

Let's pay separately, split the bill.

客人已经结完帐走了。

Kèrén yǐjīng jié wán zhàng zǒu le.

The customer has already paid the bill and left.

Tips

register

结帐 is the common Taiwan spelling; mainland uses 结账 (variant of 結賬). Both are read jiézhàng and mean the same thing.

grammar

Separable verb: 结了帐, 结个帐, 结完帐 are all natural splits.

Stroke Order

结 jié

帐 zhàng