粵

老lou5總zung2

simp老总
lou5 zung2lǎo zǒng

English

  1. boss
  2. (informal) supervisor; boss; chief; literally: old general
  3. sir (person with a leading role in an organization)
  4. (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA
  5. (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official
  6. (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 總裁、老闆冇咁正式嘅叫法(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 有時專指總編(量詞:個)

    sometimes particularly chief editor

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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