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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 老板

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
老板 lǎo bǎn - variant of 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]
老板 lǎo bǎn - Robam (brand)
老板 lǎo bǎn - boss
- business proprietor
- CL:個|个[ge4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 3 924 1,448 1,032

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
lǎo- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- old (of people)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough
bǎn- board
- plank
- plate
- shutter
- table tennis bat
- clappers (music)
- CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- accented beat in Chinese music
- hard
- stiff
- to stop smiling or look serious
bǎn- see 老闆|老板, boss
pàn- to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

Other Words Containing 老板

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
老板 5 3 924 1,448 1,032
老板娘 - - 16,959 14,461 8,508