老闆
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See also: 老板
Chinese
| respectful prefix | phonetic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老闆/老板) | 老 | 闆/板 | |
| simp. (老板) | 老 | 板 | |
| alternative forms | 老版 | ||
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).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou5 baan2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lau2 ban2
- Gan (Wiktionary): lau3 'ban3
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lau3 ban3
- Jin (Wiktionary): lau2 ban2
- Eastern Min (BUC): lō̤-*bēng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6lau-pe5 / 2lau6-pe3
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau3 ban3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobǎn
- Wade–Giles: lao3-pan3
- Yale: lǎu-bǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobaan
- Palladius: лаобань (laobanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 baan2
- Yale: lóuh báan
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 baan2
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 ban2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ paːn³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lau2 ban2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau⁵⁵ pan⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: lau3 'ban3
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau²¹³⁻²⁴ ˈpan²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: lau2 ban2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau⁵³⁻¹¹ pæ̃⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lō̤-*bēng
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃o³³⁻³⁵ pɛiŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Tainan, Yilan)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-pán
- Tâi-lô: làu-pán
- Phofsit Daibuun: lao'parn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pan⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-pán
- Tâi-lô: lāu-pán
- Phofsit Daibuun: lauxparn
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ pan⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ pan⁵³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lao6 bang2 / lao2 bang2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lău páng / láu páng
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ⁵²/, /lau⁵²⁻³⁵ paŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: lau3 ban3
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɒu̯⁴¹ pan⁴¹/
- (Changsha)
Noun
老闆
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “Entry #2690”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.