奴 (nou4 | nu2) : slave; bondservant

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奴

nou4

nu2

[1] slave; bondservant
[2] yes-man; lackey; servile follower
[3] [archaic] I; me (self-reference of girls)

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

奴

This word has been viewed 6702 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Jan 2015 03:39

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奴隸 nou4 dai6 nu2 li4 = slave

奴隸制度 nou4 dai6 zai3 dou6 nu2 li4 zhi4 du4 = slavery (to an institution)

奴役 nou4 jik6 nu2 yi4 = [v] enslave; [n] slavery, bondage

守財奴 sau2 coi4 nou4 = a miser

匈奴 hung1 nou4 xiong1 nu2 = the Huns; general term for nomadic people

奴僕 nou4 buk6 nu2 pu2 = servant

房奴 fong4*2 nou4 fang2 nu2 = mortgage slave

租奴 zou1 nou4 zu1 nu2 = house-rent slave

奴才 nou4 / coi4 nu2 / cai2 = slave / fig. flunkey

白奴 baak6 nou4 bai2 nu2 = white slave; white-collar slave
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Decimal representation of this word: 奴
Unicode code for this character: U+5974 (off-site link)

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