老子 lǎozilǎozǐ father Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents lǎozi father · I · old man 老 lǎo adjective old old; aged; (of people) venerable子 zi affix noun suffix [suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective rootslǎozǐ Laozi (philosopher) · Laozi (text) 老 lǎo Laozi short for Laozi 老子 lǎozi or the philosophy of Taoism子 zǐ noun master (literary) master or teacher, used as a title of respect; also used as a polite way to say "you"