Laozi
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanisation of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 老子 (“the Old One, the Venerable One”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlaʊdzə/, /-zi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlaʊtzə/, /-ziː/
- (China) IPA(key): /ˈlaʊ.t͡sz̩/
Proper noun
[edit]Laozi
- (Chinese history) An honorific title for the legendary Taoist philosopher Li Er, who supposedly lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and (Chinese mythology) has subsequently been worshipped as a Taoist god.
- (inexact, with 'the') Synonym of Tao Te Ching.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism
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Tao Te Ching — see Tao Te Ching
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 481: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Lao-tzu (Laozi) 老子”
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Laozi m
- Alternative form of Lao-Tsé
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