老世
lou5 sai3lǎo shìinferred
English
- boss; manager
- shopkeeper; stallkeeper
- customer, used informally and respectfully
粵語 — Cantonese
- 喺公司、機構入面，請人做嘢嘅人，管人做嘢嘅人（量詞：個／位）
- 稱呼經營小商店、攤檔嘅人（量詞：個／位）
- 客人、顧客，唔正式而又尊敬嘅用法
Examples
老細，一斤生菜唔該。
Hey boss, a catty of cabbage please.
老細，要啲咩餸噉呢？
Hey boss, what dishes would you like today?
老細，今日啲橙靚唔靚呀？
Hi shopkeeper, are the oranges you sell good today? ----
呢間公司嘅老細已經五十歲。
The owner of this company is already fifty years old.
我老細成日要我哋做埋啲無謂嘢。
My boss always asks us to do meaningless things.
老細叫我上佢間房，傾下論文進度同埋畀啲文獻我。
My supervisor asked me to come to his office to discuss the progress of my thesis and give me some literature. ----
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk