"老佛爺" meaning in Chinese

See 老佛爺 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/, /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/, /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: lǎofóyé [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lǎofóyé [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎofóye [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], lǎofóye̊ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-fo²-yeh⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-fwó-ye [Mandarin, Yale], laofor.ye [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаофое [Mandarin, Palladius], laofoje [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh faht yèh [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 老佛爷
Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 老佛爺
  1. (late Qing) A title of respect for Empress Dowager Cixi.
    Sense id: en-老佛爺-zh-name-LanpcSwi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/, /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/, /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: lǎofóyé [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lǎofóyé [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎofóye [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], lǎofóye̊ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-fo²-yeh⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-fwó-ye [Mandarin, Yale], laofor.ye [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаофое [Mandarin, Palladius], laofoje [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh faht yèh [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 老佛爷
Etymology: Phono-semantic matching of French Lafayette. Etymology templates: {{psm|zh|fr|Lafayette}} Phono-semantic matching of French Lafayette Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 老佛爺
  1. (usually used in compounds) Lafayette; La Fayette Tags: usually Synonyms: 拉法葉/拉法叶, 拉法葉, 拉法叶
    Sense id: en-老佛爺-zh-name-UVpIPYMi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/, /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/, /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: lǎofóyé [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lǎofóyé [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎofóye [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], lǎofóye̊ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-fo²-yeh⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-fwó-ye [Mandarin, Yale], laofor.ye [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаофое [Mandarin, Palladius], laofoje [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh faht yèh [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 老佛爷
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 老佛爺
  1. (archaic) A term of address and title for an empress dowager, queen dowager, empress mother, queen mother, or the like. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-老佛爺-zh-noun-RAHUGIyU Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 34 2 59 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 7 52 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 6 56 5
  2. (Buddhism, informal) Buddha Tags: informal Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-老佛爺-zh-noun-gIRIl-ll Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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          "english": "We [do hereby] pay respect to Your Majesty.",
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          "roman": "Núcái gěi lǎofóyé qǐng'ān.",
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          "text": "奴才給老佛爺請安。",
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-fo²-yeh⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-fwó-ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofor.ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаофое"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofoje"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh faht yèh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老佛爺"
}

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      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-fo²-yeh⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-fwó-ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofor.ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаофое"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofoje"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh faht yèh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老佛爺"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "expansion": "Phono-semantic matching of French Lafayette",
      "name": "psm"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic matching of French Lafayette.",
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          "english": "Rue La Fayette",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
          "roman": "Lǎofóyé Dàjiē",
          "text": "老佛爺大街",
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        {
          "english": "Rue La Fayette",
          "raw_tags": [
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          "roman": "Lǎofóyé Dàjiē",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Galeries Lafayette",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Lǎofóyé Bǎihuò",
          "text": "老佛爺百货",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Galeries Lafayette",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "roman": "Lǎofóyé Bǎihuò",
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        }
      ],
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          "La Fayette"
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        },
        {
          "word": "拉法葉"
        },
        {
          "word": "拉法叶"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-fo²-yeh⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-fwó-ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofor.ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаофое"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofoje"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "lao³-fo²-yeh⁵"
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "lǎu-fwó-ye"
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "laofor.ye"
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      ],
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      "zh-pron": "lao³-fo²-yeh⁵"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "zh-pron": "lóuh faht yèh"
    },
    {
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    {
      "word": "拉法葉/拉法叶"
    },
    {
      "word": "拉法葉"
    },
    {
      "word": "拉法叶"
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}

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