恭奴

Chinese

		respectful	slave
trad. (恭奴)		恭	奴
simp. #(恭奴)		恭	奴

Etymology

Created by Wang Mang in 15 CE.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gōngnú

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gōngnú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gongnú
    • Wade–Giles: Kung¹-nu²
    • Yale: Gūng-nú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gongnu
    • Palladius: Гунну (Gunnu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ nu³⁵/

Proper noun

恭奴

1. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of 匈奴 (Xiōngnú)

   因諭說改其號，號匈奴曰「恭奴」，單于曰「善于」，賜印綬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   因谕说改其号，号匈奴曰「恭奴」，单于曰「善于」，赐印绶。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

   Yīn yùshuō gǎi qí hào, hào Xiōngnú yuē “Gōngnú”, chányú yuē “shànyú”, cì yìnshòu. [Pinyin]

   He changed their names upon persuasive advice. The Xiongnu were named "Gongnu", the chanyu named "shanyu", and he bequeathed them official seals.