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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nú | nu2
English translation
slave
slave, servant

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About 奴 nú

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

奴 nú

Contains the radical

女 nǚ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A woman 女 nǚ  standing by her master's right hand 又 yòu ; 女 nǚ also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 奴 nú

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰女又

Explanation

Depicts a hand behind a woman slave's back forcing her to work.

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Example sentences using 奴 nú

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守财奴 shǒu cái nú 爱财如命 aì cái rú mìng ,宁可 nìngkě 饿 è 肚皮 dù pí ,没 méi 衣 yī 穿 chuān .

Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.

他们 tā men 呼吁 hūyù 当局 dāng jú 将 jiāng 蓄奴定为一种 yī zhǒng 应该 yīnggāi 受到 shòudào 惩罚 chéngfá 的 de 罪行 zuì xíng 。

They called on the authorities to make slavery a punishable offence.

守护 shǒuhù 之神毗湿奴 pí shī nú 化身为下界 xià jiè 的 de 一位国王 guówáng 。

The god Vishnu was incarnated on earth as a king.

Words with 奴 nú

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
奴隶 núlì slave奴隸
奴 nú slave奴 nú
匈奴 Xiōng nú Xiongnu匈奴 Xiōng nú
奴役 nú yì to enslave奴役 nú yì
奴才 nú cai slave奴才 nú cai
奴隶制 nú lì zhì slavery奴隸制
奴婢 nú bì slave servant奴婢 nú bì
奴仆 nú pú servant奴僕
奴隶主 nú lì zhǔ slave owner奴隸主
农奴 nóng nú serf農奴
守财奴 shǒu cái nú miser守財奴
家奴 jiā nú domestic slave家奴 jiā nú
奴隶社会 nú lì shè huì slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 fēng jiàn shè huì in Marxist theory)奴隸社會
奴隶制度 nú lì zhì dù slavery奴隸制度
奴颜婢膝 nú yán bì xī bending and scraping to curry favor奴顏婢膝
史奴比 Shǐ nú bǐ Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)史奴比 Shǐ nú bǐ
火奴鲁鲁 Huǒ nú lǔ lǔ also called 檀香山 Tán xiāng shān 火奴魯魯
耕当问奴 gēng dāng wèn nú if it's plowing, ask the laborer (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist耕當問奴

奴 nú Decomposition & Compounds

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奴 nú Decomposition

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奴 nú Compounds

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