斗 meaning in English

dòu

to fight; to struggle

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 鬥4 strokes

Meaning of 斗

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dòu
  1. to fight
  2. to struggle
  3. to condemn
  4. to censure
  5. to contend
  6. to put together
  7. coming together
dòu
  1. variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
dòu
  1. variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
dòu
  1. variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

斗 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā们men应yīng该gāi战zhàn斗dòu。
They should fight.
我wǒ们men已yǐ经jīng赢yíng得de了le这zhè场chǎng战zhàn斗dòu。
We've already won this battle.
我wǒ会huì战zhàn斗dòu到dào最zuì后hòu一yì口kǒu气qì。
I will fight to the last breath.
我wǒ希xī望wàng他tā们men会huì停tíng止zhǐ战zhàn斗dòu。
I wish they would stop fighting.
这zhè是shì战zhàn斗dòu发fā生shēng的de地dì方fāng。
This is the place where the battle took place.

Stroke order for each character

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斗 dòu · to fight · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 斗.

战斗zhàndòuto fight; to engage in combat
奋斗fèndòuto strive; to struggle
斗争dòuzhēnga struggle; fight
搏斗bódòuto wrestle; to fight; to struggle
斗志dòuzhìwill to fight; fighting spirit
泰斗tàidǒuabbr. for 泰山北斗[Tai4 shan1 Bei3 dou3]
艰苦奋斗jiānkǔ-fèndòuto struggle arduously
决斗juédòuto duel; a duel
战斗机zhàndòujīfighter (aircraft)
打斗dǎdòuto fight
格斗gédòuto wrestle
争斗zhēngdòuto struggle; to fight

Questions about 斗

What does 斗 mean?

斗 (dòu) means "to fight; to struggle" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 斗?

斗 is made of 1 character: 斗 (4 strokes). That is 4 strokes in total.

Is 斗 an HSK word?

Yes. 斗 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 斗 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 斗 is written 鬥.