"老子" meaning in Japanese

See 老子 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ɾo̞ːɕi] Forms: 老子 [canonical] (ruby: (ろう), ()), Rōshi [romanization], rausi [romanization], らうし [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 老子 (MC lawX tsiX). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ろうし}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|老子}} 老子 (MC lawX tsiX) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|ろうし|hhira=らうし}} 老(ろう)子(し) • (Rōshi) ^(←らうし (rausi)?)
  1. Laozi
    Sense id: en-老子-ja-name-Dv1op5NH
  2. the works of Laozi: synonym of 老子道徳経 (Rōshi Dōtokukyō, “Tao Te Ching”)
    Sense id: en-老子-ja-name-~t62U2c0 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 11 61 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 54 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 10 66 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 56 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 58 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 諸子百家 (Shoshi Hyakka) (ruby: (しょ), (), (ひゃっ), ())
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: [ɾo̞ːɕi] Forms: 老子 [canonical] (ruby: (ろう), ()), rōshi [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 老子 (MC lawX tsiX), based on the literal meanings of the characters 老 (“old; an elder”) + 子 (diminutive suffix). First attested in this use in a text from 1694. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ろうし}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|老子}} 老子 (MC lawX tsiX), {{m|ja|老||old; an elder}} 老 (“old; an elder”), {{m|ja|子|pos=diminutive suffix}} 子 (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|ろうし}} 老(ろう)子(し) • (rōshi)
  1. (archaic) you (addressing an elderly person) Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-老子-ja-pron-zxjEOzt7 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 老子 meaning in Japanese (4.2kB)

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  ],
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}

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