老闆

See also: 老板

Chinese

	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (老闆/老板)	老	闆/板
simp. (老板)	老	板
variant forms	老版

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎobǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): lou⁵ baan²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lau² ban²
Gan (Wiktionary): lau³ 'ban³
Jin (Wiktionary): lau² ban²
Min Dong (BUC): lō̤-*bēng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): láu-pán / làu-pán / lāu-pán

(Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁶ bang²
Wu (Wiktionary): lau pe (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): lau³ ban³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎobǎn [Phonetic: láobǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobaan
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ baan²
  - Yale: lóuh báan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ baan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ ban²
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ paːn³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lau² ban²
  - IPA ^(key): /lau⁵⁵ pan⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lau³ 'ban³
  - IPA ^(key): /lau²¹³⁻²⁴ ˈpan²¹³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lau² ban²
  - IPA (old-style): /lau⁵³⁻¹¹ pæ̃⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lō̤-*bēng
  - IPA ^(key): /l̃o³³⁻³⁵ pɛiŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Tainan, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-pán
  - Tâi-lô: láu-pán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'parn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pan⁴¹/
- (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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lao⁶ bang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lău páng
  - IPA ^(key): /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: lau pe (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔ²² pe̞⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lau³ ban³
  - IPA ^(key): /lɒu⁴¹ pan⁴¹/

Noun

老闆

shop owner; business proprietor
boss; chief
老闆拖欠我的工資。 [MSC, trad.]
老板拖欠我的工资。 [MSC, simp.]
Lǎobǎn tuōqiàn wǒ de gōngzī. [Pinyin]
My boss is behind on paying my wages.

老闆說他想先試用你六個月。 [MSC, trad.]
老板说他想先试用你六个月。 [MSC, simp.]
Lǎobǎn shuō tā xiǎng xiān shìyòng nǐ liù ge yuè. [Pinyin]
The boss said he would like to put you on six months probation first.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老闆 (“boss; proprietor”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		老闆
Mandarin	Beijing	老闆
Mandarin	Taiwan	老闆, 頭家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士
	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
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	頭家
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	頭家
Jin	Taiyuan	老闆, 掌櫃, 掌櫃的
Min Dong	Fuzhou	老闆
Min Nan	Xiamen	頭家
	Quanzhou	頭家
	Zhangzhou	頭家
	Taipei	老闆, 頭家
	Kaohsiung	頭家
	Tainan	老闆, 頭家
	Taichung	頭家
	Hsinchu	頭家
	Lukang	頭家
	Sanxia	頭家
	Yilan	老闆, 頭家
	Kinmen	頭家
	Magong	頭家
	Philippines (Manila)	頭家
Wu	Shanghai	老闆
Xiang	Changsha	老闆

Derived terms

大老闆／大老板
小老闆／小老板

後臺老闆／后台老板
老闆娘／老板娘 (lǎobǎnniáng)

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