"老子" meaning in Chinese

See 老子 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lo³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /l̃o³³⁻³⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒy³³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/, /lo³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/, /l̃o³³⁻³⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒy³³/, /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/, /nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/, /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/, /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/, /lau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/ Chinese transliterations: Lǎozǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄗˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ zi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], Ló-chṳ́ [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], Lō̤-cṳ̄, Nó͘-chú [Hokkien, POJ], Ló-chú [Hokkien, POJ], lao⁶ ze² [Peng'im, Teochew], Lǎozǐ [Phonetic:láozǐ] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], Lǎozǐh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], Lao³-tzŭ³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], Lǎu-dž [Mandarin, Yale], Laotzyy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], Лаоцзы [Mandarin, Palladius], Laoczy [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh jí [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ dzi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ ji² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], Ló-chṳ́ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], lo` zii` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], lo³ zi³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], Lō̤-cṳ̄ [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], Nóo-tsú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], nofzuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], Ló-tsú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], loyzuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lău tsṳ́ [POJ, Teochew], lawX tsiX [Middle-Chinese], /*C.rˤuʔ tsəʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ruːʔ ʔslɯʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 老子
  1. Laozi (604–531 BCE), a Chinese philosopher, and founder of Taoism
    Sense id: en-老子-zh-name-IVOhVY0L
  2. Laozi (also called Tao Te Ching, a book of philosophy supposedly written by Laozi) Categories (topical): Books, Individuals
    Sense id: en-老子-zh-name-Cxubyc7M Disambiguation of Books: 24 66 3 3 3 1 Disambiguation of Individuals: 21 44 3 4 26 2 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese pronouns Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 21 60 3 9 2 5 Disambiguation of Chinese pronouns: 32 44 12 6 3 3

Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/, /lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/, /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/, /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/ Chinese transliterations: lǎozi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄗ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ zi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], láu-chú, láu-chír, lǎozi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎozi̊h [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-tzŭ⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-dz [Mandarin, Yale], lao.tzy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаоцзы [Mandarin, Palladius], laoczy [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh jí [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ dzi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ ji² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], láu-chú [Hokkien, POJ], láu-tsú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lawzuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], láu-chír [Hokkien, POJ], láu-tsír [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lawX tsiX [Middle-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 老子
  1. old man
    Sense id: en-老子-zh-noun-DKUym1yx
  2. (slang) father; old man Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-老子-zh-noun-TmguU4lT Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks
  3. (dated or regional) son; young man (i.e. a mother scolding her son) Tags: dated, regional
    Sense id: en-老子-zh-noun-CzF3Ajz3 Categories (other): Regional Chinese

Pronoun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/, /lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/, /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/, /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/ Chinese transliterations: lǎozi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄗ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ zi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], láu-chú, láu-chír, lǎozi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎozi̊h [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-tzŭ⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-dz [Mandarin, Yale], lao.tzy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаоцзы [Mandarin, Palladius], laoczy [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh jí [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ dzi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ ji² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], láu-chú [Hokkien, POJ], láu-tsú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lawzuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], láu-chír [Hokkien, POJ], láu-tsír [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lawX tsiX [Middle-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|pronoun}} 老子
  1. (colloquial, chiefly men's speech, sometimes humorous) I; me Tags: colloquial, humorous, sometimes Synonyms: 爺/爷 (yé), (yé), (yé), 恁爸 (lín-pē) [Min-Nan], 林北 (línběi) [Taiwanese-Mandarin] Coordinate_terms: 老娘 (lǎoniáng)
    Sense id: en-老子-zh-pron-ZLbvprAF Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks

Alternative forms

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      "zh-pron": "lău tsṳ́"
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      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/l̃o³³⁻³⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒy³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/"
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          "english": "I'm not afraid of the boss.",
          "ref": "老子才不怕老闆呢。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "老子才不怕老板呢。 [MSC, simp.]\nLǎozi cái bù pà lǎobǎn ne. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Come forth, ye goblet. Listen: from now on, I care for myself.",
          "ref": "杯,汝來前。老子今朝,點檢形骸。 [Ci, trad.]",
          "text": "杯,汝来前。老子今朝,点检形骸。 [Ci, simp.]\nFrom: c. 12th century, Xin Qiji (辛棄疾). Admonitions to the Goblet on the Occasion of My Determination to Stay Sober (《沁園春·將止酒戒酒杯使勿近》)\nBēi, rǔ lái qián. Lǎozi jīnzhāo, diǎnjiǎn xínghái. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Mom what? My dad can't give control over me now. (an example showing two different meanings of this word)",
          "ref": "娘甚麼?老子都不老子了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "娘什么?老子都不老子了。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: Hu Shih (胡適). Mother's Teachings (《母親的教誨》)\nNiáng shènme? Lǎozi dōu bù lǎozi le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "I; me"
      ],
      "id": "en-老子-zh-pron-ZLbvprAF",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly men's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, chiefly men's speech, sometimes humorous) I; me"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yé",
          "word": "爺/爷"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yé",
          "word": "爺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yé",
          "word": "爷"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lín-pē",
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "恁爸"
        },
        {
          "roman": "línběi",
          "tags": [
            "Taiwanese-Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "林北"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "humorous",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ zi²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "láu-chú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "láu-chír"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao.tzy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-chír"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-tsír"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawX tsiX"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老子"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老子",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "old man"
      ],
      "id": "en-老子-zh-noun-DKUym1yx",
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Mom what? My dad can't give control over me now. (an example showing two different meanings of this word)",
          "ref": "娘甚麼?老子都不老子了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "娘什么?老子都不老子了。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: Hu Shih (胡適). Mother's Teachings (《母親的教誨》)\nNiáng shènme? Lǎozi dōu bù lǎozi le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father; old man"
      ],
      "id": "en-老子-zh-noun-TmguU4lT",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "old man",
          "old man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) father; old man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Regional Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The strangest was a woman on the street yesterday. She was hitting her son. From her mouth, I heard her say, \"Young man! I'd like to take a few bites out of you just to vent my anger!\" Yet, her eyes were fixed on me.",
          "ref": "最奇怪的是昨天街上的那個女人,打他兒子,嘴裏說道:「老子呀!我要咬你幾口纔出氣!」他眼睛卻看着我。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "最奇怪的是昨天街上的那个女人,打他儿子,嘴里说道:「老子呀!我要咬你几口才出气!」他眼睛却看着我。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1918, Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary\nZuì qíguài de shì zuótiān jiē shàng de nàge nǚrén, dǎ tā érzǐ, zuǐ lǐ shuōdào: “Lǎozi ya! Wǒ yào yǎo nǐ jǐ kǒu cái chūqì!” Tā yǎnjīng què kàn zhe wǒ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "son; young man (i.e. a mother scolding her son)"
      ],
      "id": "en-老子-zh-noun-CzF3Ajz3",
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ],
        [
          "young man",
          "young man"
        ],
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ],
        [
          "scolding",
          "scolding"
        ],
        [
          "her",
          "her"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or regional) son; young man (i.e. a mother scolding her son)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ zi²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "láu-chú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "láu-chír"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao.tzy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-chír"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-tsír"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawX tsiX"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老子"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese pronouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min proper nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Books",
    "zh:Individuals"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "老子"
          },
          "expansion": "老子",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "老%子",
            "2": "ろう%し",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "老(ろう)子(し) (rōshi)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "로자(老子)",
            "3": "노자(老子)",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 로자(老子) (roja), 노자(老子) (noja)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "老子",
            "sc": "Hani"
          },
          "expansion": "老子",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "Lão Tử",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "老子"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: Lão Tử (老子)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "老子",
            "2": "ろう%し",
            "3": "로자",
            "4": "Lão Tử",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "老子",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "노자",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "老子",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "老%子",
            "v": "老子",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (老子):\n* → Japanese: 老(ろう)子(し) (rōshi)\n* → Korean: 로자(老子) (roja), 노자(老子) (noja)\n* → Vietnamese: Lão Tử (老子)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "ろう%し",
            "3": "로자",
            "4": "Lão Tử",
            "k2": "노자",
            "s": "老%子"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (老子):\n* → Japanese: 老(ろう)子(し) (rōshi)\n* → Korean: 로자(老子) (roja), 노자(老子) (noja)\n* → Vietnamese: Lão Tử (老子)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (老子):\n* → Japanese: 老(ろう)子(し) (rōshi)\n* → Korean: 로자(老子) (roja), 노자(老子) (noja)\n* → Vietnamese: Lão Tử (老子)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老子",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Laozi (604–531 BCE), a Chinese philosopher, and founder of Taoism"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Laozi",
          "Laozi"
        ],
        [
          "Taoism",
          "Taoism"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Laozi (also called Tao Te Ching, a book of philosophy supposedly written by Laozi)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Laozi",
          "Laozi"
        ],
        [
          "Tao Te Ching",
          "Tao Te Ching#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Lǎozǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄗˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Ló-chṳ́"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "Lō̤-cṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nó͘-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Ló-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao⁶ ze²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Lǎozǐ [Phonetic:láozǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Lǎozǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Lao³-tzŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Lǎu-dž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Laotzyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Лаоцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Laoczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Ló-chṳ́"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lo` zii`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lo³ zi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Lō̤-cṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃o³³⁻³⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒy³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Nóo-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nofzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Ló-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loyzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lău tsṳ́"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawX tsiX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*C.rˤuʔ tsəʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ruːʔ ʔslɯʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: láozǐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃o³³⁻³⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒy³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*C.rˤuʔ tsəʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ruːʔ ʔslɯʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老子"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese pronouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Books",
    "zh:Individuals"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "roman": "lǎoniáng",
      "word": "老娘"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "老子",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese colloquialisms",
        "Chinese humorous terms",
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Chinese men's speech terms",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm not afraid of the boss.",
          "ref": "老子才不怕老闆呢。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "老子才不怕老板呢。 [MSC, simp.]\nLǎozi cái bù pà lǎobǎn ne. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Come forth, ye goblet. Listen: from now on, I care for myself.",
          "ref": "杯,汝來前。老子今朝,點檢形骸。 [Ci, trad.]",
          "text": "杯,汝来前。老子今朝,点检形骸。 [Ci, simp.]\nFrom: c. 12th century, Xin Qiji (辛棄疾). Admonitions to the Goblet on the Occasion of My Determination to Stay Sober (《沁園春·將止酒戒酒杯使勿近》)\nBēi, rǔ lái qián. Lǎozi jīnzhāo, diǎnjiǎn xínghái. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Mom what? My dad can't give control over me now. (an example showing two different meanings of this word)",
          "ref": "娘甚麼?老子都不老子了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "娘什么?老子都不老子了。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: Hu Shih (胡適). Mother's Teachings (《母親的教誨》)\nNiáng shènme? Lǎozi dōu bù lǎozi le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "I; me"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly men's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, chiefly men's speech, sometimes humorous) I; me"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "humorous",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ zi²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "láu-chú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "láu-chír"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao.tzy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-chír"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-tsír"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawX tsiX"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yé",
      "word": "爺/爷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yé",
      "word": "爺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yé",
      "word": "爷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lín-pē",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "恁爸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "línběi",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "林北"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老子"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese pronouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Books",
    "zh:Individuals"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老子",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "old man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Chinese slang",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Mom what? My dad can't give control over me now. (an example showing two different meanings of this word)",
          "ref": "娘甚麼?老子都不老子了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "娘什么?老子都不老子了。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: Hu Shih (胡適). Mother's Teachings (《母親的教誨》)\nNiáng shènme? Lǎozi dōu bù lǎozi le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father; old man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "old man",
          "old man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) father; old man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese dated terms",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Regional Chinese"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The strangest was a woman on the street yesterday. She was hitting her son. From her mouth, I heard her say, \"Young man! I'd like to take a few bites out of you just to vent my anger!\" Yet, her eyes were fixed on me.",
          "ref": "最奇怪的是昨天街上的那個女人,打他兒子,嘴裏說道:「老子呀!我要咬你幾口纔出氣!」他眼睛卻看着我。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "最奇怪的是昨天街上的那个女人,打他儿子,嘴里说道:「老子呀!我要咬你几口才出气!」他眼睛却看着我。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1918, Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary\nZuì qíguài de shì zuótiān jiē shàng de nàge nǚrén, dǎ tā érzǐ, zuǐ lǐ shuōdào: “Lǎozi ya! Wǒ yào yǎo nǐ jǐ kǒu cái chūqì!” Tā yǎnjīng què kàn zhe wǒ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "son; young man (i.e. a mother scolding her son)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ],
        [
          "young man",
          "young man"
        ],
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ],
        [
          "scolding",
          "scolding"
        ],
        [
          "her",
          "her"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or regional) son; young man (i.e. a mother scolding her son)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ zi²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "láu-chú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "láu-chír"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao.tzy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-chír"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "láu-tsír"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawX tsiX"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老子"
}

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