老子 [－－]

Jyutping lou5 zi2
Pinyin lǎo zi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. father
  2. daddy
  3. "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt)
  4. I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. pron, colloquial, humorous, sometimes
    I; me
    (syn.) 爺, 爷
    • 老子才不怕老闆呢。
      老子才不怕老板呢。
      lǎo zi cái bù pà lǎo bǎn ne ．
      I'm not afraid of the boss.
    • 娘什麼？老子都不老子了。
      娘什么？老子都不老子了。
      niáng shèn me ？ lǎo zi dōu bù lǎo zi le ．
      Mom what? My dad can't give control over me now. (an example showing two different meanings of this word)
  2. noun, slang
    father; old man
    • 娘什麼？老子都不老子了。
      娘什么？老子都不老子了。
      niáng shèn me ？ lǎo zi dōu bù lǎo zi le ．
      Mom what? My dad can't give control over me now. (an example showing two different meanings of this word)
  3. noun
    old man
  4. noun, dated, regional
    son; young man (i.e. a mother scolding her son)
    • 最奇怪的是昨天街上的那個女人，打他兒子，嘴裏説道：“老子呀！我要咬你幾口才出氣！”他眼睛卻看着我。
      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。
      zuì qí guài de shì zuó tiān jiē shàng de nà ge nǚ rén ， dǎ tā ér zǐ ， zuǐ lǐ shuō dào ： “ lǎo zi ya ！ wǒ yào yǎo nǐ jǐ kǒu cái chū qì ！ ” tā yǎn jīng què kàn zhe wǒ ．
      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.

老子 [－－]

Jyutping lou5 zi2
Pinyin lǎo zǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  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
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、專名
    歷史​人物​；​春秋​時​代​嘅​哲​學​家​，​後​人​奉​為​道家​同​道教​始祖​，​神格化​為​「​太上老君​」
    Lao Tzu; Laozi
  2. 名詞、專名
    書名​，​即​《​道德​經​》​，​相傳​係​老子​所著
    Tao Te Ching
  3. x
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. name
    Laozi (604–531 BCE), a Chinese philosopher, and founder of Taoism
  2. name
    Laozi (also called Tao Te Ching, a book of philosophy supposedly written by Laozi)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    道教是用老子的教导创立的，他是公元前六零四年在现代的河南省出生的圣贤。
    道教是用老子的教導創立的，他是公元前六零四年在現代的河南省出生的聖賢。
    dào jiào shì yòng lǎo zǐ de jiào dǎo chuàng lì de ， tā shì gōng yuán qián liù líng sì nián zài xiàn dài de hé nán shěng chū shēng de shèng xián 。
    • Taoism was founded on the teachings of Laozi, a sage born in 604 B.C. in present-day Henan Province.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    给老子爬！
    給老子爬！
    gěi lǎo zi pá ！
    • Get out of my face!
  2. Mandarin
    李开这人太坏，太霸道，惹急了老子找人把他办了。
    李開這人太壞，太霸道，惹急了老子找人把他辦了。
    lǐ kāi zhè rén tài huài ， tài bà dào ， rě jí le lǎo zi zhǎo rén bǎ tā bàn le ．
    • X
  3. Mandarin
    “假病，老子给你医！”
    “假病，老子給你醫！”
    “ jiǎ bìng ， lǎo zi gěi nǐ yī ！ ”
    • You fake sickness; I'll give you the cure.
  4. Mandarin
    老子才不怕老板呢。
    老子才不怕老闆呢。
    lǎo zi cái bù pà lǎo bǎn ne ．
    • I'm not afraid of the boss.
  5. Mandarin
    娘什么？老子都不老子了。
    娘什麼？老子都不老子了。
    niáng shèn me ？ lǎo zi dōu bù lǎo zi le ．
    • Mom what? My dad can't give control over me now. (an example showing two different meanings of this word)