奴 nú — slave; serf
奴
Level 1 · Common HSK 7-9 #333
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Detailed explanation
noun
- (会意。从女,从又。女指女奴,又(手)指用手掠夺之。一说又(手)指女奴从事劳动。本义:奴隶;奴仆)
- servant;slave
- 后多指男奴。如:奴厮儿(小男仆);奴辈(奴仆之辈,奴才们);奴兵(奴仆;供役之人);奴颜(奴才相);奴戮(施以刑辱,使为奴隶);奴虏(俘虏;奴隶)
- fellow e.g 奴胎 · 胡奴 · 狂奴 · 奴官 · 奴下
- I
- 古代男女自称的谦词。如:奴哥(对女人的昵称);奴奴(犹奴家)
- 贱称。如:田舍奴
- 古时青年女子的自称,或称“奴家”
verb
- enslave e.g 奴化 奴视
- stagnate
Related words
- 奴隶 slave
- 匈奴 Xiongnu (ancient northern nomadic people)
- 奴才 flunkey; lackey
- 奴婢 a slave girl; your humble servant
- 奴隶主 slave owner
- 农奴 a serf; a slave
- 奴役 to enslave; enslavement
- 奴仆 a slave; a manservant
- 家奴 domestic slave
- 奴隶社会 slave society; the slave-owning stage of history
- 亡国奴 a slave of a subjugated nation
- 房奴 mortgage slave (a homeowner burdened by a housing loan)
- 黑奴 black slave; slave (historical)
- 洋奴 a servile admirer of things foreign; a flunkey of foreigners
- 卡奴 credit-card slave; person drowning in credit-card debt
- 农奴主 a serf owner; a feudal lord who owned serfs
- 守财奴 miser/scrouge
- 奴性 servility; doormat mentality
- 女奴 a female slave; a maidservant
- 奴颜婢膝 servile and fawning; cringing