找數

Chinese

		to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone) to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone); to find; to seek; to return	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (找數)		找	數
simp. (找数)		找	数

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau² sou³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaau² sou³
    • Yale: jáau sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau² sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao² sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯³⁵ sou̯³³/

Verb

找數

1. (Cantonese) to pay a bill
2. (Cantonese, figuratively) to honor promises

   Antonym: 走數 / 走数

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 結賬 (“to pay a bill; to settle accounts”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		結賬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	買單
	Taiwan	結賬, 買單
	Singapore	買單
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睇數, 埋單, 找數
	Hong Kong	埋單, 找數, 睇數
	Taishan	睇數, 結數
	Kaiping (Chikan)	找數
	Singapore (Guangfu)	埋單
Hakka	Meixian	買單
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	算數, 結數
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	算數, 結數
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	算數, 結數
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	算數, 結數
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	算數, 結數
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	算數, 結數
Southern Min	Xiamen	結數
	Quanzhou	結數
	Zhangzhou	結數
	Tainan	結數
	Singapore (Hokkien)	結數
	Chaozhou	結數
	Wenchang	作數
	Haikou	作數
	Singapore (Hainanese)	結數
Wu	Wenzhou	算賬, 買單