奴才

Chinese

		slave	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
simp. and trad. (奴才)		奴	才
variant forms		奴材

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: núcái → núcai (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ ㄘㄞˊ → ㄋㄨˊ ˙ㄘㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nu.tsair
  - IPA ^(key): /nu³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/ → /nu³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nou⁴ coi⁴
  - Yale: nòuh chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁴ tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nou⁴ coi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nou̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːy̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nù-chhòi / nùng-chhòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: nuˇ coiˇ / nungˇ coiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nu² coi² / nung² coi²
  - IPA: /nu¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/, /nuŋ¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nù-chài
  - IPA ^(key): /nˡu⁵³⁻³³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒai⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘-châi
  - Tâi-lô: lôo-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lozaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ¹³⁻²² t͡saɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡saɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ²³⁻³³ t͡saɪ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nou⁵ cai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nôu tshâi
  - IPA ^(key): /nou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/

奴才

奴才

Used by court eunuchs and officials during the Ming and Qing dynasties when addressing the emperor, as a term of self-reference: I, the servant
- 奴才替天下百姓感激皇太后恩典！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Firmament of the Pleiades
  Núcái tì tiānxià bǎixìng gǎnjī huángtàihòu ēndiǎn! [Pinyin]
  I, on behalf of the people throughout the world, [hereby] express my gratitude for the kindness of the empress dowager!

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