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奴婢
奴婢
Chinese
| slave | slave girl; maid servant | ||
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simp. and trad. (奴婢) |
奴 | 婢 | |
Noun
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
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
- 奴仆 (núpú)