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老細

lou5 sai3

boss; manager; owner (Std. Chin.: 老闆)

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 41,000

老細

老 lou5 lao3 - old, venerable
細 sai3 xi4 - small

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老細請呢餐我哋都食到依牙鬆槓粵 edit
The treat from my boss was wonderful and the food was great!

老細畀啲工人激到佢七竅生煙粵 edit
Boss got really pissed off by the workers.

This word was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 18th Jun 2008

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