老細

See also: 老细

Chinese

Etymology 1

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (老細)		老	細
simp. (老细)		老	细
alternative forms		老世

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ sai³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ sai³
    • Yale: lóuh sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ sɐi̯³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 老細

1. (Cantonese) boss; manager

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老闆 (“boss; proprietor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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)	事頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
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	Shaxi (Longdu)	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

Etymology 2

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (老細)		老	細
simp. (老细)		老	细

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-sè / láu-sòe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-sè / láu-sòe
    • Tâi-lô: láu-sè / láu-suè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lawsex, lawsoex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/, /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/, /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/, /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se¹¹/, /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/, /lau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 老細

1. (Southern Min) A term used to refer to a familiar younger than the speaker.

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “老細”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 939