nữ tì

Trong cung điện, các nữ tì phục vụ cho hoàng hậu.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Female servant / maidservant: A woman or girl employed to perform domestic duties in a household, especially in a historical or archaic context.
   • Handmaid: A personal female attendant or servant, often with connotations of servitude in ancient or feudal societies.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong cung điện, các nữ tì phục vụ cho hoàng hậu. (In the palace, the female servants attended to the queen.)
  • Câu chuyện kể về một nữ tì trung thành. (The story is about a loyal maidservant.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "nữ tì" is primarily used in historical, literary, or formal contexts to describe servitude in pre-modern Vietnamese society. It is not used for modern domestic helpers.

Variants and Related Words

• Gia nô (n): A general term for a serf or bondservant, which could be male or female.
• Tỳ nữ (n): A synonym for maidservant or handmaiden, also archaic.
• Hầu gái (n): A more common, less archaic term for a maid or female servant.

Synonyms

• Maidservant: A female domestic servant.
• Handmaiden: A female servant or personal attendant.
• Domestic: A person employed in household work.

Related Idioms

• Làm thân nữ tì: To live the life of a servant (often implying a lowly or subservient position).
  • Sau khi gia đình sa sút, cô ấy phải làm thân nữ tì. (After her family fell into decline, she had to live the life of a servant.)