Entry
老lǎo总zǒng

  1. boss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization); (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA; (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official; (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer

    trad. 老總

Also written 老總【lǎo zǒng】

Characters in this word

2
老
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prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough

Pinyin
lǎo
Strokes
6
Frequency
511 of 2500
Words starting with 老Words ending in 老Anywhere in a word
总
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(bound form) general; overall, to sum up, in every case; always; invariably, anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later, surely, (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc

Pinyin
zǒng
Traditional
總
Strokes
9
Frequency
1107 of 2500
Words starting with 总Words ending in 总Anywhere in a word