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