nô tì
Pronunciation
Northern
/no˧˧ ti̤˨˩/
Central
/no˧˥ ti˧˧/
Southern
/no˧˧ ti˨˩/
slave
3 senses
2 Components
Noun
slave
Pronoun
humble I
Pronoun
humble I
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
slave
Pronouns & Demonstratives
A servant or slave in East Asian history often forced into labor due to debt or crime.
vi Trong quá khứ, những nô tì phải làm việc vất vả.
en In the past, servants had to work hard.
Pronoun
Sense 2
Pronoun
humble I
A humble way for a female servant to refer to herself when speaking to a superior.
vi Nô tì xin tuân lệnh.
en Your servant obeys your command.
Sense 3
Pronoun
humble I
A humble way for an imperial eunuch to refer to himself when speaking to a superior.
vi Nô tì xin bẩm báo sự việc.
en Your servant begs to report the matter.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
奴婢
Candidates by syllable
nô
奴（帑）
tì
脾（婢 / 琵 / 疪）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.