老總

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	always; to assemble; gather always; to assemble; gather; total; overall; head; chief; general; in every case
trad. (老總)		老	總
simp. (老总)		老	总

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎozǒng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ zung²
Min Nan (POJ): láu-chóng / lāu-chóng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎozǒng [Phonetic: láozǒng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄥˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzoong
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ zung²
  - Yale: lóuh júng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ dzung²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ zung²
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-chóng
  - Tâi-lô: láu-tsóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lawzorng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /laʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-chóng
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-tsóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxzorng
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/

Noun

老總

old form of address to a soldier
term used after a surname as an affectionate form of address to a general or high-ranking commander of the People's Liberation Army
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