老總

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	always; to assemble; gather always; to assemble; gather; total; overall; head; chief; general; in every case
trad. (老總)		老	總
simp. (老总)		老	总

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎozǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ zung²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-chóng / lāu-chóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǒng [Phonetic: láozǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǒng
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tsung³
    • Yale: lǎu-dzǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzoong
    • Palladius: лаоцзун (laoczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ zung²
    • Yale: lóuh júng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dzung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ zung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-chóng
    • Tâi-lô: láu-tsóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lawzorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-chóng
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-tsóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxzorng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁵³/

Noun

老總

1. (dated) Form of address for a soldier.
2. (honorific or endearing) Term used after a surname to address a general or high-ranking commander of the People's Liberation Army.
3. (honorific or endearing) chief (eg. manager); person in charge; boss