老板
HSK 3freq #1185
Meanings
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- 1.variant of 老板[lǎo bǎn]
- 1.boss
- 2.business proprietor
- 3.CL:个[gè]
- 1.Robam (brand)
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Wiktionary
- 1.shop owner; business proprietor
- 2.boss; chief
- 3.famous actor in Beijing opera
- 4.polite form of address for an adult
- 5.supervisor (a very widespread informal way Chinese graduate students refer to their supervisor)
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Etymology
From earlier 老辦／老办 or 老班, from 老 (lǎo, “a respectful prefix”) + 辦／办 (bàn, “to manage”) or 班 (bān, “group”); 闆 and 板 in 老闆／老板 are phonetic loan characters; first attested as 老辦／老办 in the 16ᵗʰ century (Yang, 2012).
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Components
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Characters
Example sentences
我想跟你老板谈。
I want to talk to your boss.
你跟老板合得来吗？
Do you get along with your boss?
我仍是这里的老板。
I'm still the boss here.
这家公司的老板是谁？
Who's the boss of this company?
你跟你的老板说什么了？
What did you tell your boss?
老板对你的工作有很高的评价。
The boss has a good opinion of your work.
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