奴婢
Chinese edit
slave | slave girl; maid servant | ||
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trad. (奴婢) | 奴 | 婢 | |
simp. #(奴婢) | 奴 | 婢 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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奴 | 婢 |
ぬ Grade: S |
ひ Hyōgaiji |
Etymology edit
Superficially 奴 (nu, “servant; slave”) + 婢 (hi, “maid”). Compare Mandarin 奴婢 (núbì, “núbì”), Hakka 奴婢 (“nùpî”).
Pronunciation edit
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Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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奴 | 婢 |
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Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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奴 | 婢 |
Noun edit
奴婢
Pronoun edit
奴婢