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How do you say “slave” in Vietnamese?

“Slave” in Vietnamese is nô lệ (a slave).

Vietnamese words for “slave”

  • nô lệnoun
    Hanoi [no˧˧ le˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [now˧˧ lej˨˩˨]nô level lệ heavy

    a slave; especially a non-East-Asian one

    for “slave” meaning: A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

    • Tổng thống đã bỏ chế độ sở hữu nô lệ.The president has abolished slavery.

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