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奴婢

Mandarin · pinyin nú bì

slave servant

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奴: nú · slave, servant
婢: bì · servant girl; your servant

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2–4 · nu2 bi4

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nou4 pei5

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noun

(literary, archaic) servants and maid-servants (as a combined category)
(literary, archaic) I; your humble servant (term of self-address used by servants, maid-servants and eunuchs when addressing the emperor, ministers, concubines, etc.)

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