A word from @miss_arnscottblue✨
Do you have a 老板 lǎobǎn?
Or are you your own 老板 lǎobǎn?
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老 lǎo – old
(meaning “seasoned” and “experienced”)
板 bǎn – hard; stiff
(as in 板正 bǎnzhèng, “neat” and “upright”)
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老板 lǎobǎn – boss
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It’s a colloquial way to call your boss, especially when you talk about him/her in the third person:
我的老板 wǒde lǎobǎn – my boss
我的老板是北方人 wǒde lǎobǎn shì běifāngrén – My boss is from the North of China
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In a conversation with your boss though, you probably won’t call him 老板. Different companies have different ways – my colleagues, for example, choose to call our boss by first name, or last name + 老师 lǎoshī (which doesn’t mean “teacher”, just a respectful way to call a superior)
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But you can use 老板 lǎobǎn to address shop owners, fruit stall vendors, etc:
💻 老板，在吗？Lǎobǎn, zài ma?
(When you start a live chat on Taobao and ask if the vendor is online)
🍎 老板，苹果怎么卖？Lǎobǎn, píngguǒ zěnme mài?
(When you want to buy apples and ask the stall owner how much they are)
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How would you say “Thanks boss”?😄
(A common reply when your friends send you money on WeChat)
@mercedesgallo53: 谢谢老板。
@yourmandarin: @mercedesgallo53 👍🏅
@s.t.r.a.n.g: 老板谢谢
@yourmandarin: @s.t.r.a.n.g 😄🏅 It’s usually “谢谢老板”, the phrase became a meme haha
@s.t.r.a.n.g: @yourmandarin 真的吗？我常说《老板谢谢》。哈哈哈😄
@aishwaryagoenka: 谢谢老板
@yourmandarin: @aishwaryagoenka 😎🏅
@bemonet: 多谢老板
@yourmandarin: @bemonet 🙏🏅
@no_nohito: 谢谢老板
@yourmandarin: @no_nohito 👍🏅
@therichardx: 感谢老板
@yourmandarin: @therichardx 哈哈🏅
@lupwok: 我喜欢学习汉语和看 The Office电视剧，那个图片非常很好, 爱它啊！ 💖💖
@yourmandarin: @lupwok 哈哈哈 太好了！😄
@panda_sourcing: 老板谢谢💃
@yourmandarin: @panda_sourcing 👍🏅 (It’s usually “谢谢老板” in this order, it’s already become a set phrase, you can search it on WeChat and discover stickers and memes😄)
@amirulneezam: Xie xie nin lao ban
@miss_arnscottblue: Oh wow! 谢谢 ☺️
@americanpsyco1984: 到了中国的时候第一个单词我学过了 😄😄
@sam_masaa: @miss_arnscottblue 加油🔥你最棒
@l00m4ever: 谢谢老板😁
