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老板

lǎobǎn

boss; shop owner

HSK 3 · Topic “Work and jobs”
A shop owner behind a counter
Memory picture

Characters in this word

老 lǎo

Strokes
6
Radical
老 — old, aged
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

板 bǎn

Strokes
8
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 反 reverse, opposite
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 老板很忙。 Lǎobǎn hěn máng. The boss is very busy.
  • 老板来了。 Lǎobǎn lái le. The boss has come.
  • 老板请喝茶。 Lǎobǎn qǐng hē chá. The owner treats us to tea.

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