老總

1. • boss
2. • sir (person with a leading role in an organization)
3. • high ranking commander in the PLA

     after a surname

4. • high ranking government official

     Qing dynasty

5. • courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer

     old

Character by character

• 老(lǎo)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
• 總(zǒng)general