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Laou-tsze

Laou-tsze is the alternative form of Laozi.

Meaning of Laozi

Proper noun

Laozi

  1. (Chinese) 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) Synonym of Tao Te Ching.
    Synonyms:
    Tao Te Ching

Origin of Laou-tsze

From Robert Morrison's romanization of Mandarin 老子.

Questions about Laou-tsze

What is Laou-tsze the alternative form of?
Laou-tsze is the alternative form of Laozi.

Words near Laou-tsze in the dictionary

  1. Laotian rock rat
  2. Laotian rock rats
  3. Laotians
  4. laotong
  5. Laotze
  6. Laou-tsze
  7. laouta
  8. laouto
  9. laoutos
  10. laowai
  11. laowais

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Laou-tsze (page history and authors); Laozi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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