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老子

Chinese

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old
venerable 		master
(honorific)
trad. (老子) 老 子
simp. #(老子) 老 子
 
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Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character 老 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 盧晧切 即里切
Baxter lawX tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑuX/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑuX/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑuX/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lawX/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong 		/lɑuX/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li 		/lɑuX/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lɑuX/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lǎo zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lou5 zi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 老 子
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lǎo zǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lawX › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.rˁuʔ/ /*tsəʔ/
English old child; gentleman, master

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 老 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7666 17857
Phonetic
component 		老 子
Rime
group 		幽 之
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		老 子
Old
Chinese 		/*ruːʔ/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Proper noun

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老子

  1. Laozi (604–531 BCE), a Chinese philosopher, and founder of Taoism
  2. Laozi (also called Tao Te Ching, a book of philosophy supposedly written by Laozi)
Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (老子):

Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character 老 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 盧晧切 即里切
Baxter lawX tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑuX/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑuX/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑuX/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lawX/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong 		/lɑuX/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li 		/lɑuX/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lɑuX/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lǎo zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lou5 zi2

Pronoun

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老子

  1. (colloquial, chiefly men's speech, sometimes humorous) I; me
    老子才不怕老闆呢。 [MSC, trad.]
    老子才不怕老板呢。 [MSC, simp.]
    Lǎozi cái bù pà lǎobǎn ne. [Pinyin]
    I'm not afraid of the boss.
Usage notes
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When 老子 (lǎozi) is used this way, it often gives off an arrogant, angry, childish or humorous tone. Compare Japanese おれさま.

Synonyms
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Coordinate terms
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Noun

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老子

  1. old man
  2. (slang) father; old man
  3. (dated or regional) son; young man (i.e. a mother scolding her son)
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 爸爸 (“father (non-face-to-face)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 父, 爺, 嚴 honorific
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 父親
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 爸爸, 爸, 爹
Taiwan 爸爸, 爸
Harbin 爸爸, 爸, 爹
Shenyang 爸爸
Singapore 爸爸, 老爸
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 爸爸
Jinan 爸爸, 爹, 大 Hui, 大大 Hui
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 爹, 爸爸
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 爹, 爸爸
Wanrong 爸, 爹
Xi'an 爸, 達 Hui
Xining 阿達, 達達, 爹
Yanqi 老爹
Xuzhou 答答, 爸爸, 老頭兒, 老頭子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 爹, 爸爸
Lanzhou 爹, 爸爸, 老子, 老爹
Ürümqi 爸爸, 先人, 老爹, 達, 達當子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 爸爸, 爸, 老頭兒, 老把子, 老漢兒
Wuhan 爸爸, 老子, 老頭, 爹 dated, 伯伯 dated, 點頭磕 dated, 父老二 dated, casual, 八叉 dated, slang
Guiyang 爸爸, 老爹, 老者, 老者者
Kunming 爸爸
Liuzhou 老爹, 爹老, 爺老, 老頭子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 阿爸, 阿爹, 爸爸
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 爸, 爹, 爺
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 爹, 爸爸, 伯伯, 吾爹
Yangzhou 爸爸, 爹爹, 老子
Nantong 爺
Hefei 伯伯
Cantonese Guangzhou 老豆, 爸爸, 阿爸, 伯爺
Hong Kong 老豆, 爸爸, 阿爸, 爹哋, 伯爺, 花打
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 阿爸, 爸
Macau 老豆
Guangzhou (Panyu) 老豆
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 老豆
Guangzhou (Conghua) 老豆
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 老豆
Foshan 老豆
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 老豆
Foshan (Shunde) 老豆
Foshan (Sanshui) 老豆, 伯爺 dated
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 老豆
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 老子, 老豆
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 老豆
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 老豆
Zhuhai (Doumen) 老豆
Jiangmen (Baisha) 老豆
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 老豆
Taishan 老豆
Kaiping (Chikan) 老豆
Enping (Niujiang) 老豆
Heshan (Yayao) 老豆
Dongguan 老豆, 阿爸, 老子, 爸爸 childish, 爹哋 childish, 爸B childish
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 老豆
Yangjiang 阿爹
Nanning 爸, 老豆, 老嘢
Hepu (Lianzhou) 俺老子, 老豆
Hepu (Shatian) 俺公
Beihai 老豆
Beihai (Nankang) 老豆
Beihai (Yingpan) 老豆, 阿爸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 老豆
Singapore (Guangfu) 老豆, 阿爸
Gan Nanchang 爸爸, 老子, 爺老子
Lichuan 爺, 家父
Pingxiang 爺老子
Hakka Meixian 阿爸, 爺仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 老豆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿爸
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿爸
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 爺子
Wuhua (Meilin) 阿爸
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 父親
Yudu 爺老
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿爸, 爺仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿爸, 爺仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿爸, 爺仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿爸
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿爸, 爺仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿怙, 阿爺
Huizhou Jixi 老子
Jin Taiyuan 老子, 大大, 大, 爹
Northern Min Jian'ou 爹
Eastern Min Fuzhou 郎爸
Southern Min Xiamen 老爸, 娘爸 dated
Xiamen (Tong'an) 老爸
Quanzhou 老爸
Jinjiang 老爸
Zhangzhou 老爸, 娘爸 dated
Pinghe 娘爸
Zhao'an 老爸
Taipei 老爸
New Taipei (Sanxia) 老爸, 阿爸
Kaohsiung 老爸
Yilan 老爸
Changhua (Lukang) 老爸
Taichung 老爸, 爸爸
Tainan 老爸, 俺爸
Hsinchu 老爸, 阿爹, 爸爸
Kinmen 俺爹
Penghu (Magong) 老爸
Penang (Hokkien) 老爸, 阿爸, 爸, 爸爸, 爹, 老的
Singapore (Hokkien) 老爸
Manila (Hokkien) 老爸
Chaozhou 阿父, 父
Shantou 阿父, 父, 大人 honorific
Shantou (Chenghai) 父, 大人 honorific
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿父, 爸
Singapore (Teochew) 父, 阿父
Leizhou 尼父, 父, 尼阿 dated
Haikou 爸
Puxian Min Putian 郎爸
Xianyou 郎爸
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 爸, 老子, 數字, 數老, 阿叔 dated
Binyang 父親, 叔
Wu Shanghai 爸爸, 老爸, 爹爹 dated, 阿伯 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 爺, 爺爺
Suzhou 爺
Danyang 爹爹, 爹, 爸爸
Hangzhou 爹, 阿伯, 爸爸, 老子
Ningbo 爹, 阿爹, 阿伯, 爸爸, 老頭子
Wenzhou 阿爸, 阿伯
Jinhua 爺
Xiang Changsha 爺老倌, 爺老子, 爹爹, 爺爺, 爺
Loudi 爹爹, 爺老倌, 爺老子, 爺, 老人家
Shuangfeng 爹爹
Hengyang 爺, 爺老子, 爺老倌子, 老子

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
老 子
ろう
Grade: 4 		し
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 老子 (MC lawX tsiX).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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老(ろう)子(し) • (Rōshi) ←らうし (Rausi)?

  1. Laozi
  2. the works of Laozi: synonym of 老子道徳経 (Rōshi Dōtokukyō, “Tao Te Ching”)
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The Tao Te Ching is known in Japanese by three possible names:[3][4][5]

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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
老 子
ろう
Grade: 4 		し
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 老子 (MC lawX tsiX), based on the literal meanings of the characters 老 (“old; an elder”) + 子 (diminutive suffix).

First attested in this use in a text from 1694.[3]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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老(ろう)子(し) • (rōshi) 

  1. [from 1694] (archaic) you (addressing an elderly person)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
老 子
お(い)
Grade: 4 		こ > ご
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 老子 – see the following entry.
【老おい子ご】
[noun] [from late 1000s] (archaic) a child of older parents
(This term, 老子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. ^ “老子”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  6. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term
老子

Proper noun

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老子 • (Noja) (hangeul 노자)

  1. hanja form? of 노자 (“Laozi”)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
老子

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老子

  1. chữ Hán form of Lão Tử (“Laozi”).
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