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老細
老細
See also: 老细
Chinese
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lou5 sai3
- Yale: lóuh sai
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 sai3
- IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ sɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Noun
老細
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 老闆 (“boss; proprietor”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老闆 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 老闆 |
| Taiwan | 老闆、頭家 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 事頭、老細、老闆 |
| Hong Kong | 事頭、老細、老闆、波士 | |
| Taishan | 事頭、老細、老闆 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老闆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭家 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 頭家 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 頭家 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 頭家 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 頭家 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 頭家 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老闆、掌櫃、掌櫃的 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 老闆 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 頭家 |
| Xiamen | 頭家 | |
| Zhangzhou | 頭家 | |
| Taipei | 老闆、頭家 | |
| Kaohsiung | 頭家 | |
| Tainan | 老闆、頭家 | |
| Taichung | 頭家 | |
| Yilan | 老闆、頭家 | |
| Lukang | 頭家 | |
| Sanxia | 頭家 | |
| Kinmen | 頭家 | |
| Magong | 頭家 | |
| Hsinchu | 頭家 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老闆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老闆 |
Etymology 2
old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity)
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fine; minutely; thin; slender
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|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老細) | 老 | 細 | |
| simp. (老细) | 老 | 细 | |
Pronunciation
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-sè / láu-sòe
- Tâi-lô: láu-sè / láu-suè
- Phofsit Daibuun: lawsex, lawsoex
- IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/, /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/, /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sue⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/, /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/, /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/, /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
老細
- (Min Nan) A term used to refer to a familiar younger than the speaker.