Laozi

Laozi

See also: lǎozi, Lǎozǐ, and Lao Zi

English

Alternative forms

• Laosi, Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tzu, Lao-Tsu, Laotze, Lao Zi
• (Latinate) Laocius

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanisation of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 老子 (“the Old One, the Venerable One”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /laʊdzə/, /laʊziː/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /laʊtzə/, /laʊziː/
• (China) IPA^(key): /lɑʊ̯t͡sz̩/

Proper noun

Laozi

1. (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.
2. (inexact, with 'the') Synonym of Tao Te Ching.

Synonyms

• Laojun

Translations

influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism

Arabic: لَاو تْسِي‎ (lāw tsī), لَاو تْزِه‎ (lāw tzih) Chinese: Cantonese: 老子 (lou5 zi2) Hakka: 老子 (Ló-chṳ́) Mandarin: 老子 (zh) (Lǎozǐ) Min Dong: 老子 (Lō̤-cṳ̄) Min Nan: 老子 (Ló-chú, Nó͘-chú) Czech: Lao-c' m Dutch: Laozi m Esperanto: Laocio Finnish: Laotse French: Lao Tseu (fr) m, Laozi m German: Laozi m Greek: Λάο Τσε m (Láo Tse) Hungarian: Lao-ce Japanese: 老子 (ろうし, Rōshi) Korean: 노자(老子) (ko) (Noja), 로자 (Roja) (North Korea) Marathi: लाओजी m (lāojī) Portuguese: Lao Zi m Russian: Ла́оцзы m (Láoczy), Ла́о-цзы m (Láo-czy) Spanish: Lao-Tsé m, Laozi m, Laocio m Thai: เล่าจื๊อ (lâo-jéu) Tibetan: ལོའོ་ཙེ། (lo'o tse) Uyghur: لاۋزى‎ (lawzi) Vietnamese: Lão Tử (老子)

Tao Te Ching — see Tao Te Ching

See also

• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

References

1. “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, LCCN 79-42627, OCLC 781411242, 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

• Lazio, Zialo, Ziola

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Spanish

Proper noun

Laozi m

1. Alternative form of Lao-Tsé