Some Cantonese Vocabulary

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買單 is actually from Cantonese via Hong Kong. It somehow ended up in Mainland Chinese vocabulary probably due to people going between Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

買 in Cantonese = approximately "mai3" in Mandarin. 單 is similar between Cantonese & Mandarin pronunciations.

埋 [same pronunciation as 買 in Cantonese] in 埋單 is used for it's meaning, rather than for pronunciation. It literally means "bury the bill". When paying in a restaurant, etc... it's usually the last thing you do. It's mostly likely the only thing you'll do: bury or forget about it [the bill, that is], until you return to the same restaurant the next time.

的士 is a Cantonese approximation of the English word "taxi" [This word was "Made in Hong Kong" due to being a British colony].

啤 takes the first half of the syllable for beer in Dutch: bier. 酒 takes the Chinese meaning of "wines"; "alcoholic beverages", etc...

菲律賓 is the Chinese way of writing "The Philippines". Since there's no "the" in Chinese, you're left with "Philippines". 菲 = Fei1, 律 = lü4, 賓/宾 = bin1 in Mandarin, but it's more like "Fay lüet bun" in Cantonese.

埋 [same pronunciation as 買 in Cantonese] in 埋單 is used for it's meaning, rather than for pronunciation. It literally means "bury the bill". When paying in a restaurant, etc... it's usually the last thing you do. It's mostly likely the only thing you'll do: bury or forget about it [the bill, that is], until you return to the same restaurant the next time.

IMO, 埋 here does not mean "to bury". It means to conclude. In Cantonese we use it in the same sense in "埋數" and "埋尾“ etc.

And I don't think "埋 [same pronunciation as 買 in Cantonese]" is correct.

BUT this thread is not about Cantonese.

Wait a minute. 買 (maai5) doesn't sound like 埋 (maai4).