HSK 6 · Society

奴隶 núlì “slave” in Chinese

Traditional 奴隸

What 奴隶 means

  1. slave

How to say 奴隶

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale奴nú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale隶lì4th tone, falling

奴隶 in a sentence

  1. 不要成为金钱的奴隶。

    Búyào chéngwéi jīnqián de núlì.

    Don’t be a slave to money.

    Sentence #10201112 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她是潮流的奴隶。

    Tā shì cháoliú de núlì.

    She’s a slave to fashion.

    Sentence #10450772 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我拒绝被你像奴隶一样对待。

    Wǒ jùjué bèi nǐ xiàng núlì yíyàng duìdài.

    I refuse to be treated like a slave by you.

    Sentence #796773 from Tatoeba

How 奴隶 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 奴 (nú) with each of its parts in a different colour
奴núslave
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 又again · yòu
The character 隶 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
隶lìa person in servitude
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 氺part of the character

How to write 奴隶

奴 5 strokes · 隶 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

奴隶 (núlì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 奴隶 (núlì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

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FAQs

奴隶 (núlì) means “slave”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it núlì: nú with a 2nd tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 奴隶 is written 奴隸. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nuli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奴隶 from the suggestions. Typing nuli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奴隶 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.