老聃
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[edit]old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
ears without rim | ||
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trad. (老聃) | 老 | 聃 | |
simp. #(老聃) | 老 | 聃 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Lǎodan
- Wade–Giles: Lao3-tan1
- Yale: Lǎu-dān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Laodan
- Palladius: Лаодань (Laodanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 daam1
- Yale: lóuh dāam
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 daam1
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 dam1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ taːm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: lawX tham
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ruːʔ n̥ʰaːm/
Proper noun
[edit]老聃
- Alternative name for 老子 (Lǎozǐ, “Laozi, the philosopher”).
- 孔子見老聃,老聃新沐,方將被髮而乾,慹然似非人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Kǒngzǐ jiàn Lǎodān, Lǎodān xīn mù, fāngjiāng bèifà ér qián, zhírán sì fēirén. [Pinyin]
- Confucius went to see Lao Dan, and arrived just as Lao Dan had completed the bathing of his head, and was letting his dishevelled hair get dry. There he was, motionless, and as if there were not another man in the world.
孔子见老聃,老聃新沐,方将被发而干,𰑔然似非人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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