天王老子 tiānwánglǎozi highest authority Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents tiānwánglǎozi highest authority 天王 tiānwáng emperor (literary) an honorific term for the son of heaven or a supreme ruler; specifically used in ancient chronicles to refer to the king of the Zhou Dynasty老 lǎo adjective old old; aged; (of people) venerable子 zi affix noun suffix [suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective rootstiānwánglǎozi Li Jing 天王 tiānwáng nounproper noun heavenly god a deity in mythology or religion, such as the Buddhist heavenly kings老 lǎo adjective old old; aged; (of people) venerable子 zi affix noun suffix [suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective roots