奴婢
Chinese
| slave | slave girl; maid servant | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (奴婢) |
奴 | 婢 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ ㄅㄧˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nubih
- IPA (key): /nu³⁵ pi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: nou4 pei5
- Yale: nòuh péih
- Cantonese Pinyin: nou4 pei5
- Guangdong Romanization: nou4 péi5
- IPA (key): /nou̯²¹ pʰei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nù-pî
- Hakka Romanization System: nuˇ bi´
- Hagfa Pinyim: nu2 bi1
- IPA: /nu¹¹ pi²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
Noun
奴婢
- (literary, archaic) servants and maid-servants (as a combined category)
- (literary, archaic) I; your humble servant (term of self-address used by servants, maid-servants and eunuchs when addressing the emperor, ministers, concubines, etc.)
Usage notes
The sense servants and maid-servants is an example of a 合稱／合称 (héchēng) in Chinese; the sense term of self-address is an example of a 自稱／自称 (zìchēng).
See also
- 奴仆 (núpú)
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