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斗

dòu

HSK 5 Character Traditional 鬥

What 斗 means

1. to fight
2. to struggle
3. to condemn
4. to censure
5. to contend
6. to put together
7. coming together

Other readings

斗 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dǒudry measure for grain equal to ten {升|shēng} or one-tenth of a {石|dàn}; decaliter; peck
• dòuvariant of {斗|dòu}
• dòuvariant of {斗|dòu}
• dòuvariant of {斗|dòu}
• Dǒuabbr. for the Big Dipper constellation {北斗星|Běi dǒu xīng}

Example sentences

• 我得奋斗。
  I have to fight.
• 斗争结束了。
  The fight is over.
• 我会战斗至死。
  I will fight to the death.
• 他们应该战斗。
  They should fight.
• 她们应该战斗。
  They should fight.
• 我为我家人奋斗。
  Wǒ wèi wǒ jiārén fèndòu.
  I struggle for my family.

Words starting with 斗

• 斗争dòu zhēnga struggle; fight; battle
• 斗志dòu zhìwill to fight; fighting spirit
• 斗士dòu shìwarrior; activist
• 斗牛dòu niúbullfighting
• 斗殴dòu ōuto brawl; to scuffle
• 斗篷dǒu pengcloak; mantle
• 斗嘴dòu zuǐto quarrel; to bicker; glib repartee
• 斗牛士dòu niú shìmatador; toreador; bullfighter
• 斗气dòu qìto have a grudge against
• 斗笠dǒu lìconical bamboo hat
• 斗胆dǒu dǎn(courteous) to be so bold as to
• 斗鸡dòu jīcock fighting
• 斗大dǒu dàhuge
• 斗室dǒu shìvery small room; tiny, cramped space
• 斗内dǒu nèi(Taiwan; neologism; net slang) to send money to a live streamer…
• 斗车dǒu chēhopper car; wheelbarrow
• 斗智dòu zhìbattle of wits
• 斗门区Dǒu mén QūDoumen, a district of Zhuhai City 珠海市
• 斗地主dòu dì zhǔdou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game)
• 斗批改dòu pī gǎistruggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
• 斗争性dòu zhēng xìngassertiveness; combative nature
• 斗转星移Dǒu zhuǎn xīng yílit. the Big Dipper 北斗星; time flies; also written 星移斗转
• 斗私批修dòu sī pī xiūfight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
• 斗鱼dòu yúbetta fish; Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens); Chinese betta…

Words containing 斗

• 奋斗fèn dòuto strive; to struggle
• 战斗zhàn dòuto fight; to engage in combat; struggle
• 搏斗bó dòuto wrestle; to fight; to struggle
• 批斗pī dòuto drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them…
• 阶级斗争jiē jí dòu zhēngclass struggle
• 战斗机zhàn dòu jīfighter (aircraft)
• 争斗zhēng dòuto struggle; to fight; struggle
• 战斗力zhàn dòu lìfighting strength
• 格斗gé dòuto wrestle
• 烟斗yān dǒu(smoking) pipe
• 决斗jué dòuto duel; a duel; decisive struggle
• 打斗dǎ dòuto fight
• 艰苦奋斗jiān kǔ fèn dòuto struggle arduously
• 北斗Běi dǒuBig Dipper
• 勾心斗角gōu xīn dòu jiǎoto fight and scheme against each other (idiom); (in palace construction) elaborate and…
• 星斗xīng dǒustars
• 筋斗jīn dǒutumble; somersault
• 跟斗gēn dousomersault; fall; tumble; (fig.) setback; failure
• 漏斗lòu dǒufunnel
• 单打独斗dān dǎ dú dòuto fight alone (idiom)
• 好斗hào dòuto be warlike; to be belligerent
• 角斗jué dòuto wrestle
• 械斗xiè dòuarmed confrontation; bust-up between gangs
• 内斗nèi dòuinternal strife; power struggle; (of members of an organization) to fight each other

Sounds the same

Read dòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 豆legume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of 豆
• 逗to tease (playfully); to entice; (colloquial) to joke; (colloquial) funny; amusing
• 痘pimple; pustule
• 窦(literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus
• 读comma; phrase marked by pause
• 饾to set out food
• 脰(literary) neck
• 鬬variant of 斗
• 閗variant of 斗