老总

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

CEDICT

old

Entry Composition

1 老 lǎo
  1. 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
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
2 总 zǒng
  1. (bound form) general; overall
  2. to sum up
  3. in every case; always; invariably
  4. anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later
  5. surely
  6. (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 zǒngjīnglǐ or 总编 zǒngbiān etc