老子

Lǎozǐ
  1. Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
  2. the sacred book of Daoism, 道德经 Dàodéjīng by Laozi

CEDICT

Homographs

老子 lǎozi
  1. father
  2. daddy
  3. "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt)
  4. I (used arrogantly or jocularly)

Entry Composition

1 老 lǎo
  1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
=2 子 zǐ
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
  7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
=2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"