奴隸

See also: 奴隷 and 奴隶

Chinese

	slave	attached to; scribe
trad. (奴隸)	奴	隸
simp. (奴隶)	奴	隶
alternative forms	奴𨽻奴隷

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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nu-di

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nù-li
  - Hakka Romanization System: nu^ˇ 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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nu-di
  - MiniDict: nu^去 di
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nu-di
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nu²² di⁴⁴/

Noun

奴隸

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!
- 1938, Tian Jian, 假使我們不去打仗 [If We Don't Fight]:
  
  假使我們不去打仗，
  敵人用刺刀
   殺死了我們，
  還要用手指着我們骨頭説：
  “看，
  這是奴隸！” [MSC, trad.]
  假使我们不去打仗，
  敌人用刺刀
   杀死了我们，
  还要用手指着我们骨头说：
  “看，
  这是奴隶！” [MSC, simp.]
  Jiǎshǐ wǒmen bù qù dǎzhàng,
  Dírén yòng cìdāo
  Shāsǐ le wǒmen,
  Hái yào yòng shǒu zhǐ zhuó wǒmen gǔtóu shuō:
  “kàn,
  Zhè shì núlì!” [Pinyin]
  If we don't fight,
  After the enemies kill us,
  They would point at our bones say,
  "Look,
  these are slaves!"
(figurative) slave (to); drudge; minion (person completely controlled by someone or something)
(BDSM) slave (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who consensually submits to, sexually or personally, serving one or more masters or mistresses)

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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奴	隸
ぬ Grade: S	れい Hyōgai
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
奴	隸
ど Grade: S	れい Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

奴(ど)隸(れい) or 奴(ぬ)隸(れい) • (dorei or nurei)

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)

hanja form^? of 노예 (“slave”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
奴	隸

Noun

奴隸

chữ Hán form of nô lệ (“slave”)