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Chinese
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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
ears without rim
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| trad. (老聃)
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老
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聃
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| simp. #(老聃)
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老
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聃
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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老
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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lǎo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ lawX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.rˁuʔ/
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| English
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old
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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老
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聃
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聃
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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7666
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10773
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10775
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Phonetic
component
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老
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冉
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冉
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Rime
group
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幽
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談
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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老
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舑
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舑
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Old
Chinese
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/*ruːʔ/
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/*n̥ʰaːm/
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/*n̥ʰaːm/
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Proper noun
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.]
孔子见老聃，老聃新沐，方将被发而干，𰑔然似非人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 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.
- 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.