| 老佛爷 |
Lǎo fó yé |
title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father / nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后 |
| 老 |
lǎo |
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 / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 佛 |
Fó |
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀) |
| 佛 |
fú |
seemingly |
| 佛 |
fú |
(female) head ornament / variant of 佛 |
| 佛爷 |
Fó ye |
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 释迦牟尼) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后 |
| 爷 |
yé |
grandpa / old gentleman |