# 老板 (lǎobǎn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 老板 (lǎobǎn) means “boss”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: boss
- Pinyin: lǎobǎn (lao3 ban3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 这家饭馆儿的老板对客人很热情。
  Zhè jiā fànguǎnr de lǎobǎn duì kèrén hěn rèqíng.
  The boss of this restaurant is very warm to guests.

## Characters

- [老](https://hanziro.com/word/lao-old/) (lǎo): old; (prefix) before surname
- [板](https://hanziro.com/word/ban-board/) (bǎn): board; plank

https://hanziro.com/word/lao-ban-boss/

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