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老細

老細

See also: 老细

Chinese

Pronunciation


Noun

老細

  1. (Cantonese) boss; manager
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 老闆 (“boss; proprietor”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 老闆
Mandarin Beijing 老闆
Taiwan 老闆頭家
Cantonese Guangzhou 事頭老細老闆
Hong Kong 事頭老細老闆波士
Taishan 事頭老細老闆
Gan Nanchang 老闆
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 頭家
Liudui (S. Sixian) 頭家
Hsinchu (Hailu) 頭家
Dongshi (Dabu) 頭家
Zhuolan (Raoping) 頭家
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 頭家
Jin Taiyuan 老闆掌櫃、掌櫃的
Min Dong Fuzhou 老闆
Min Nan Quanzhou 頭家
Xiamen 頭家
Zhangzhou 頭家
Taipei 老闆頭家
Kaohsiung 頭家
Tainan 老闆頭家
Taichung 頭家
Yilan 老闆頭家
Lukang 頭家
Sanxia 頭家
Kinmen 頭家
Magong 頭家
Hsinchu 頭家
Wu Shanghai 老闆
Xiang Changsha 老闆

Etymology 2

 
old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity)
 
fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (老細)
simp. (老细)

Pronunciation


  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-sè / láu-sòe
      • Tâi-lô: láu-sè / láu-suè
      • Phofsit Daibuun: lawsex, lawsoex
      • IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/, /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/, /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sue⁴¹/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/, /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
      • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/, /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue¹¹/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/, /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/

Noun

老細

  1. (Min Nan) A term used to refer to a familiar younger than the speaker.

References

  • Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), Ogawa Naoyoshi, editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese and Min Nan), volume 2, Taihoku: 同府 [Dōfu], OCLC 25747241, page 939.