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老子 meaning in English

lǎozi

father; daddy

9 strokes

Meaning of 老子

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lǎozi
  1. father
  2. daddy
  3. "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt)
  4. I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
Lǎozǐ
  1. Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
  2. the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi

老子 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

老lǎo子zi是shì谁shuí？
Who was Lao Tze?
老lǎo子zi的de本běn名míng是shì李lǐ耳ěr。
Laozi's real name was Li Er.
老lǎo子zi是shì他tā人rén对duì他tā的de尊zūn称chēng。
Laozi is an honorific title given to him by others.
老lǎo子zi要yào睡shuì了le，你nǐ们men都dōu给gěi我wǒ闭bì嘴zuǐ。
I'm trying to sleep, so shut up!
子zi是shì中zhōng国guó古gǔ代dài对duì有yǒu学xué问wèn的de人rén的de尊zūn称chēng，如rú孔kǒng子zi，老lǎo子zi，墨mò子zi，韩hán非fēi子zi。
The title "Zi" was an honorific title for learned scholars in ancient China, such as Confucius, Laozi, Mozi and Han Feizi.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

老 lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a per… · 6 strokes

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  6. 6

子 zi · noun suffix · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 老子.

孩子háizichild
儿子érzison
房子fángzihouse; building (single- or two-story)
老师lǎoshīteacher
桌子zhuōzitable; desk
老人lǎorénold man or woman; the elderly
杯子bēizicup; glass
包子bāozibaozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
本子běnzibook; notebook
样子yàngziappearance; manner
日子rìziday; a (calendar) date
椅子yǐzichair

Questions about 老子

What does 老子 mean?

老子 (lǎozi) means "father; daddy".

How do you write 老子?

老子 is made of 2 characters: 老 (6 strokes), 子 (3 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.