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

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘-lē / nô͘-lē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nou⁵ di⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶nu-di

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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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶nu-di
    • MiniDict: nu^去 di
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nu-di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nu²² di⁴⁴/

Noun

奴隸

1. slave (enslaved person)

   • 事如彰露，人皆譴我敎子之不嚴，而如其女定是高門右族，則必以爾之狂狡穢彼門戶。獲戾人家，其事不小。速去嶺南，率奴隸監農，勿得復還。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: late 1400s, 金時習 (Kim Si-seup), 《李生窺牆傳》, 《金鰲新話》

     Sa yeo chang no, in gae gyeon a gyo ja ji bul eom, i yeo gi nyeo jeong si gomun ujok, jeuk pil i i ji gwanggyo ye pi munho. Hoek ryeo in ha, gi sa bul so. Sok geo Yeongnam, sol noye gam nong, mul deuk buhwan. [Sino-Korean]

     If this affair comes to light, everyone will condemn me for my lack of strictness in educating my son. And if that girl really is the scion of a noble family, you will surely have brought shame to her household through your insane behavior. To bring dishonor to another family—that is no small matter! Leave immediately for Yeongnam to supervise the farming of the serfs. Do not come back.

   • 1934-1935, “March of the Volunteers”, Tian Han (lyrics), Nie Er (music):

     起來！不願做奴隸的人們！
     把我們的血肉，築成我們新的長城！ [MSC, trad.]
     起来！不愿做奴隶的人们！
     把我们的血肉，筑成我们新的长城！ [MSC, simp.]

     Qǐlái! Bùyuàn zuò núlì de rénmen!
     Bǎ wǒmen de xuèròu, zhù chéng wǒmen xīn de chángchéng! [Pinyin]

     Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves!
     With our flesh and blood, let us build a new Great Wall!

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

Synonyms

• (slave): 臣僕／臣仆 (chénpú), 奴才 (núcái)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "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)

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) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 奴隷 (“slave”)

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”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
奴	隸

Noun

奴隸

1. chữ Hán form of nô lệ (“slave”).