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Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from English boss.
Pronunciation
Noun
波士
- (Cantonese) boss
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
老闆 (“boss; proprietor”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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老闆
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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掌櫃的
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Taiwan
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老闆, 頭家
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Harbin
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掌櫃的
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Malaysia
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老闆
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Singapore
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老闆
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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老闆
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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老闆
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xining
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老闆
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Xuzhou
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老闆兒, 老闆, 掌櫃的
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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老闆
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Ürümqi
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掌櫃底
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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老闆兒, 老闆
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Chongqing
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老闆兒
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Wuhan
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老闆
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Guiyang
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老闆
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Liuzhou
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老闆
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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老闆
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Yangzhou
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老闆
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士, 阿頭 boss
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Hong Kong
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事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士, 阿頭 boss, 老頂 boss
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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事頭
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Macau
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事頭, 老細
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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事頭
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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事頭
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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事頭
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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事頭
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Foshan
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事頭
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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事頭
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Foshan (Shunde)
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事頭
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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事頭
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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老闆
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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事頭, 老細
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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事頭
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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事頭
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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事頭
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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事頭
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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事頭
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Taishan
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事頭, 老細, 老闆
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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事頭, 老細
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Enping (Niujiang)
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事頭
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Heshan (Yayao)
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老闆, 事頭
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Dongguan
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事頭, 老細, 老闆, 波士
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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事頭
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Yangjiang
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老闆, 事頭
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Nanning
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老闆, 事頭
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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老闆, 事頭, 阿頭 boss
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Penang (Guangfu)
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老細
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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老細, 老闆
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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老細
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Gan
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Nanchang
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老闆
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Lichuan
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老闆
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Pingxiang
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老闆
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Hakka
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Meixian
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頭家, 老闆
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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老闆
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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事頭
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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事頭
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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老闆
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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老闆, 店家 shopkeeper
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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老闆
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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老闆
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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老闆
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Jiexi
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頭家
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Luhe
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老闆
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Yudu
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老闆
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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頭家
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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頭家
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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頭家
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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頭家
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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頭家
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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頭家
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Kuching (Hepo)
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頭家
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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老闆, 掌櫃, 掌櫃的
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Xinzhou
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掌櫃子
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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老闆
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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老闆
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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頭家
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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頭家
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Quanzhou
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頭家
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Jinjiang
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頭家
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Yongchun
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頭家
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Zhangzhou
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頭家
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Zhao'an
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頭家, 老闆
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Taipei
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老闆, 頭家
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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頭家
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Kaohsiung
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頭家
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Yilan
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老闆, 頭家
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Changhua (Lukang)
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頭家
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Taichung
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頭家
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Tainan
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老闆, 頭家
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Hsinchu
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頭家
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Kinmen
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頭家
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Penghu (Magong)
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頭家
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Penang (Hokkien)
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頭家
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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頭家, 老大
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Manila (Hokkien)
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頭家
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Chaozhou
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頭家, 老闆
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Shantou
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頭家
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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頭家
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Jieyang
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頭家
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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頭家
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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頭家, 阿頭 boss
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Singapore (Teochew)
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頭家
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Leizhou
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老闆
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Wenchang
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頭家
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Haikou
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頭家, 老闆
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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頭家
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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老闆
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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老闆
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Wu
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Shanghai
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老闆
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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老闆
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Suzhou
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老闆
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Danyang
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老闆
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Hangzhou
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老闆
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Ningbo
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老闆, 冷士 dated
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Wenzhou
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老闆
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Jinhua
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老闆兒
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Xiang
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Changsha
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老闆
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Loudi
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老闆
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