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斗

dòu/dǒu

to fight; to struggle

Traditional 鬥

Variant forms 鬦 / 鬪 / 鬭

HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 verbnounmeasure word Explore in 3D3D

Ancient forms

2 forms

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Meaning

dòu as in 战斗 dou4

to fight
to struggle
to condemn
to censure
to contend
to put together
coming together

dǒu as in 泰斗 dou3

dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石
decaliter
peck
cup or dipper shaped object
old variant of 陡
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星

Example sentences

wǒmen 我们 yǐjīng 已经 yíngdé 赢得 le 了 zhè 这 cháng 场 zhàndòu 战斗。

We have already won this battle.
wǒ 我 xīwàng 希望 tāmen 他们 huì 会 tíngzhǐ 停止 zhàndòu 战斗。

I wish they would stop fighting.
jǐnguǎn 尽管 shòu 受 le 了 shāng 伤， tāmen 他们 háishi 还是 jìxù 继续 zhàndòu 战斗。

Though wounded, they continued to fight.
wǒmen 我们 zài 在 gēn 跟 shíjiān 时间 dòuzhēng 斗争。

We're fighting against time.

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