Boss in Chinese: 老板 (lǎo bǎn)

lǎo bǎn

boss

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 老闆2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1boss
  2. 2business proprietor

Stroke order

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Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄌㄠˇ

lǎo

/ l/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄅㄢˇ

bǎn

/ b/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

老板

Simplified

老闆

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 老板就是我。

    lǎo bǎn jiù shì wǒ。

    I'm the boss.

  • 老板在那里吗?

    lǎo bǎn zài nà lǐ ma?

    The boss is there?

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