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女奴 (nǚ nú) — female slave

Definition

noun
female slave

Examples

  • ，女奴。
    Zài gǔ dài, nǚ nú de dì wèi fēi cháng dī.
    In ancient times, female slaves had very low status.
  • 女奴。
    Zhè bù xiǎo shuō jiǎng shù le yí gè nǚ nú de bēi cǎn mìng yùn.
    This novel tells the tragic fate of a female slave.
  • ，女奴。
    Nà ge shè huì lǐ, nǚ nú bèi dàng zuò cái chǎn mǎi mai.
    In that society, female slaves were bought and sold as property.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

女nǚfemale
奴núslave

女 means female and 奴 means slave, so it denotes a female slave.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

女 shows a woman with folded arms, kneeling or standing. In the modern form the figure faces right, and the small enclosed part is what is left of one arm.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

奴 shows 又 (a hand) and 女 (a woman): a hand capturing and ordering a woman around.

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