奴隸

奴隸

See also: 奴隷 and 奴隶

Chinese

		slave	attached to; scribe
trad. (奴隸)		奴	隸
simp. (奴隶)		奴	隶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): núlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁴ dai⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): lu⁴ ti
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): nù-li

  (Meixian, Guangdong): nu² lê⁴

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘-lē / nô͘-lē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nou⁵ di⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): nu di (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: núlì → núli (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ → ㄋㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: núli̊
    • Wade–Giles: nu²-li⁵
    • Yale: nú-li
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nu.lih
    • Palladius: нули (nuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu³⁵ li⁵¹/ → /nu³⁵ li³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁴ dai⁶
    • Yale: nòuh daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁴ dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁴ dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯²¹ tɐi̯²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lu⁴ ti
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu³⁵ tʰi²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nù-li
    • Hakka Romanization System: nuˇ li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nu² li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /nu¹¹ li⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: nu² lê⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /nu¹¹ le⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘-lē
    • Tâi-lô: lôo-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lole
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ le³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² le⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ²³⁻³³ le³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² le²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ¹³⁻²² le²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nô͘-lē
    • Tâi-lô: nôo-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nole
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃¹³⁻²² le²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nou⁵ di⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nôu tĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ti³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nu di (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nv̩ʷ²² d̥i⁴⁴/

Noun

奴隸

1. slave (enslaved person)
2. (figurative) slave (to); drudge; minion (person completely controlled by someone or something)

Synonyms

• (slave): 臣僕／臣仆 (chénpú), 奴才 (núcái)

Antonyms

• (slave): 主人 (zhǔrén)

Derived terms

奴隸主／奴隶主 (núlìzhǔ) 奴隸制／奴隶制 (núlìzhì) 奴隸制度／奴隶制度 (núlì zhìdù)

奴隸社會／奴隶社会 (núlì shèhuì) 性奴隸／性奴隶 (xìngnúlì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (奴隸):

• → Japanese: 奴(ど)隷(れい) (dorei)
• → Korean: 노예(奴隸) (noye)
• → Vietnamese: nô lệ (奴隸)

See also

• 農奴／农奴 (nóngnú)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
奴	隸
ぬ Grade: S	れい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
奴	隸
ど Grade: S	れい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

奴(ど)隸(れい) or 奴(ぬ)隸(れい) • (dorei or nurei)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 奴隷)

1. Kyūjitai form of 奴隷 (“slave”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
奴	隸

Noun

奴隸 • (noye or McCune-Reischauer: noye or Yale: noyey) (hangeul 노예)

1. Hanja form^? of 노예 (“slave”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
奴	隸

Noun

奴隸

1. chữ Hán form of nô lệ (“slave”).