奴隶 meaning in English

núlì

slave

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 奴隸13 strokes

Meaning of 奴隶

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

núlì
  1. slave

奴隶 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

林lín肯kěn释shì放fàng了le奴nú隶lì。
Lincoln set the slaves free.
我wǒ是shì一yí个gè奴nú隶lì。
I'm a slave.
我wǒ是shì你nǐ的de奴nú隶lì。
I am your slave.
汤tāng姆mǔ把bǎ玛mǎ丽lì当dàng成chéng自zì己jǐ的de奴nú隶lì一yī样yàng看kàn待dài。
Tom treated Mary like a slave.
他tā是shì个gè奴nú隶lì。
He's a slave.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

奴 nú · slave · 5 strokes

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隶 lì · subservient · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 奴隶.

奴役núyìto enslave
奴才núcaislave; fig. flunkey
黑奴hēinúblack slave
隶属lìshǔto be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of
奴隶制núlìzhìslavery
奴仆núpúservant
奴隶主núlìzhǔslave owner

Questions about 奴隶

What does 奴隶 mean?

奴隶 (núlì) means "slave" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 奴隶?

奴隶 is made of 2 characters: 奴 (5 strokes), 隶 (8 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 奴隶 an HSK word?

Yes. 奴隶 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 奴隶 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 奴隶 is written 奴隸.