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老闆
老闆
See also: 老板
Chinese
old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or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)
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boss | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老闆/老板) | 老 | 闆/板 | |
| simp. (老板) | 老 | 板 | |
Noun
老闆
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 |
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): lau3 'ban3
- Jin (Wiktionary): lau2 ban2
- Min Dong (BUC): lō̤-{b}ēng
- Min Nan (POJ): láu-pán / làu-pán / lāu-pán
- Wu (Wiktionary): lau pe (T3)
- Xiang (Wiktionary): lau3 ban3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobaan
- IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lou5 baan2
- Yale: lóuh báan
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 baan2
- IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ pɑːn³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lau2 ban2
- IPA (key): /lau⁵⁵ pan⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Gan
- Jin
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lō̤-{b}ēng
- IPA (key): /l̃o³³⁻³⁵ pɛiŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-pán
- Tâi-lô: láu-pán
- Phofsit Daibuun: law'parn
- IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-pán
- Tâi-lô: làu-pán
- Phofsit Daibuun: lao'parn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pan⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-pán
- Tâi-lô: lāu-pán
- Phofsit Daibuun: lauxparn
- IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ pan⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ pan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: lau pe (T3)
- IPA (key): /lɔ²² pᴇ⁴⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Xiang