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Laozi
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lǎozi Lǎozǐ Lao Zi
English
Alternative forms
en Laosi Lao Tse Lao Tu Lao-Tzu Lao-Tsu Laotze Lao Zi Laou-tsze
en Laocius Latinate
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1982 Selected Glossary The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00hook/ Cambridge University Press 0521230993 79-42627 781411242 476, 481 https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00hook/page/481/ The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin,Lao-tzu (Laozi) zh 老子 romanization of the standard en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 老子 the Old One, the Venerable One.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlaʊdzə/ /-zi/ GA
en /ˈlaʊtzə/ /-ziː/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Laozi.wav Southern England
en /ˈlaʊ.t͡sz̩/ China
lou′dzœ′
en Lao zi
Proper noun
en Chinese history An honorific title for the legendary Taoist philosopher Li Er, who supposedly lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and en Chinese mythology has subsequently been worshipped as a Taoist god.
en inexact with 'the' en Tao Te Ching.
Synonyms
en Laojun
Translations
influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism
Arabic: ar لَاو تْسِي, ar لَاو تْزِه
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 老子 lou5 zi2
Eastern Min: cdo 老子 Lō̤-cṳ̄
Hakka: hak 老子 Ló-chṳ́
Hokkien: nan-hbl 老子 Ló-chú, Nó͘-chú
Mandarin: cmn 老子 Lǎozǐ
Czech: cs Lao-c' m
Dutch: nl Laozi m
Esperanto: eo Laocio
Finnish: fi Laotse
French: fr Lao Tseu m, fr Laozi m
German: de Laozi m
Greek: el Λάο Τσε m
Hungarian: hu Lao-ce
Japanese: ja 老子 ろうし, Rōshi
Korean: ko ^노자(老子), ko ^로자 North Korea
Marathi: mr लाओजी m
Polish: pl Laozi m
Portuguese: pt Lao Zi m
Russian: ru Ла́оцзы m, ru Ла́о-цзы m
Spanish: es Lao-Tsé m, es Laozi m, es Laocio m
Thai: th เล่าจื๊อ lâo-jéu
Tibetan: bo ལོའོ་ཙེ།
Uyghur: ug لاۋزى
Vietnamese: vi Lão Tử (vi 老子)
Tao Te Ching
See also
en a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
References
Further reading
Laotzu
Laozi
Lao-tzu
Lao Tzu
Anagrams
en ailoz Lazio Zialo Ziola
en Taoism History of China Books Individuals Philosophers
Spanish
Proper noun
m
es Lao-Tsé