奴仆

奴僕
núpú
noun #24,075

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Meanings

  1. 1 servant
  2. 2 slave
  3. 3 bondservant

Examples

Gǔdài de núpú méiyǒu rènhé zìyóu.
Servants in ancient times had no freedom whatsoever.
Tā bǎ zìjǐ kàn zuò cáifù de núpú, zhōngrì wèi qián fánnǎo.
He saw himself as a slave to wealth, worried about money all day long.
Guìzúmen yīlài núpú lái dǎlǐ rìcháng shìwù.
The aristocrats relied on servants to manage their daily affairs.

Tips

usage
奴仆 historically refers to bound servants or slaves. In modern usage it appears mostly in historical contexts or figuratively (e.g. 成为金钱奴仆 = to become a slave to money). 仆人 (púrén) is the more common modern word for domestic servant.

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