老子

Lǎo zǐ

Dictionary entry

Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism

What does 老子 mean?

老子 (Lǎo zǐ) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism

2the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi

3father

4daddy

5"I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt)

6I (used arrogantly or jocularly)

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老lǎoprefix 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)子zǐson · child

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老子

Lǎo zǐ

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