(lǎo bǎn) - boss, owner in Mandarin
lǎobǎnTraditional: 老闆
HSK 4
#698 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
boss, owner
Word origin
老板 means boss or owner. 老 (lǎo) is a familiar prefix (an elder with a stick). 板 (bǎn) means board or plank, with the 木 'wood' radical and phonetic 反 (fǎn); the traditional 闆 shows a face 品 in a gate 門.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 老 (lǎo, familiar prefix) + 板 (bǎn, board; traditional 闆)
Stroke order
老
板
Examples
格。
My boss is very strict.
。
The boss isn't in today.
。
He is the owner of this shop.
，菜。
Boss, please give me a menu.
。
The new boss is strict with the staff.
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