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斗殴 meaning in English

dòu'ōu

to brawl; to scuffle

Traditional 鬥毆12 strokes

Meaning of 斗殴

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dòu'ōu
  1. to brawl; to scuffle

斗殴 in example sentences

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

警jǐng察chá驱qū散sàn了le这zhè场chǎng斗dòu殴ōu。
The police broke up the fight.
有yǒu时shí候hòu冰bīng球qiú运yùn动dòng员yuán相xiāng互hù挑tiǎo衅xìn得de太tài厉lì害hài以yǐ至zhì于yú会huì引yǐn发fā斗dòu殴ōu。
Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.

Stroke order for each character

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斗 dòu · to fight · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

殴 ōu · to hit · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 斗殴.

战斗zhàndòuto fight; to engage in combat
奋斗fèndòuto strive; to struggle
斗争dòuzhēnga struggle; fight
殴打ōudǎto beat up; to come to blows
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

Questions about 斗殴

What does 斗殴 mean?

斗殴 (dòu'ōu) means "to brawl; to scuffle".

How do you write 斗殴?

斗殴 is made of 2 characters: 斗 (4 strokes), 殴 (8 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

How is 斗殴 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 斗殴 is written 鬥毆.