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斗

dòu · dou/Dǒu · dou/dǒu · dou

Traditional 鬥 / 鬦 / 鬪 / 鬭

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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dòu 鬥

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

Dǒu 斗

  1. abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星 (Běi dǒu xīng)

dǒu 斗

  1. dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 (shēng) or one-tenth of a 石 (dàn)
  2. decaliter
  3. peck
  4. cup or dipper shaped object
  5. old variant of 陡 (dǒu)

dòu 鬦

  1. variant of 鬭 / 斗 (dòu)

dòu 鬪

  1. variant of 鬥 / 斗 (dòu)

dòu 鬭

  1. variant of 鬥 / 斗 (dòu)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)们(men)为(wèi)了(le)一(yì)点(diǎn)小(xiǎo)事(shì)就(jiù)斗(dòu)了(le)起(qǐ)来(lái)。

They started fighting over a trivial matter.

02

这(zhè)两(liǎng)只(zhī)公(gōng)鸡(jī)一(yí)见(jiàn)面(miàn)就(jiù)互(hù)相(xiāng)斗(dòu)。

These two roosters fight each other as soon as they meet.

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