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老板

lǎo bǎn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 老闆 Measure word 个

老板 (lǎo bǎn) means "boss". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 老板 means

1. boss
2. business proprietor

Other readings

老板 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Lǎo bǎnRobam (brand)
• lǎo bǎnvariant of {老板|lǎo bǎn}

The characters in 老板

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate

Example sentences

• 老板在哪里？
  Where's the boss?
• 我找你老板。
  I want to see your boss.
• 老板就是我。
  I'm the boss.
• 我不是老板。
  I'm not the boss.
• 老板在那里吗？
  The boss is there?
• 汤姆想当老板。
  Tom wants to be the boss.

Words starting with 老板

• 老板娘lǎo bǎn niángfemale proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife

Where 老板 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work, Labor & Employment (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lǎo bǎn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.