闆 (baan2) — boss; proprietor; person in charge in Cantonese
baanˊ²闆
简 板
Mandarin Pinyin: ban3
Meaning of 闆
nounboss; proprietor; person in charge
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Example Sentences with 闆
近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞
Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.
keoiˏ₅佢haiˏ₅係go˗₃個houˊ²好louˏ₅老baanˊ²闆
He is a nice boss.
keoiˏ₅佢gingˉ¹經soengˎ₄常ciˎ₄遲dou3,到﹐ gaauˊ²搞dou˗₃到louˏ₅老baanˊ²闆houˊ²好mˎ₄唔gouˉ¹高hing˗₃興。
He is always late, which makes his boss very upset.
keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係jukˍ₆肉sikˍ₆食gungˉ¹公siˉ¹司louˏ₅老baanˊ²闆
He is the owner of a meat company.
louˏ₅老baanˊ²闆jinˎ₄延laamˏ₅攬keoiˏ₅佢zouˍ₆做jeˏ₅野
The boss recruited him to work.
Words Containing 闆
老闆娘lou5 baan2 noeng4
proprietress; boss's wife
做老闆zou6 lou5 baan2
self-employed; to be the boss
老闆lou5 baan2
boss; manager; owner (sometimes written as: 老板; Cantonese 老細)
你老闆nei5 lou5 baan2
your boss [written and colloquial]; euphemism for '你老母', 'fuck your mother'. foul language insulting one's mother when cursing someone [colloquial]
大老闆daai6 lou5 baan2
the big boss [written and colloquial]
撞闆zong6 baan2
to run into an obstacle; to be met with a refusal; to hit a brick wall; to screw up; to mess up [colloquial]
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