斗 (鬥) dòu

1. dòu verb to struggle; to fight
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 鬥; as in 相爭 (Guoyu '鬥' v 1; NCCED '斗' dòu 1; Unihan '鬥')
2. dòu noun Kangxi radical 68
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Traditional: 鬥 (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Kroll 2015 '鬥' n 2)
3. dòu noun Kangxi radical 191
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: To fight (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
4. dòu measure word unit of volume equal to 10 liters; a peck
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Traditional: 斗; this unit is used in the Chinese Market System of Weights and Measures (Guoyu '斗' n 1; Kroll 2015 '斗' 1; NCCED '斗' dǒu 5)
5. dòu verb to make animals fight
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 鬥; for example, 斗鸡 'cock fighting' (Guoyu '鬥' v 2; NCCED '斗' dòu 3)
6. dòu verb to compete; to contest; to contend
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 鬥 (Guoyu '鬥' v 3; NCCED '斗' dòu 4; Unihan '鬥')
7. dòu verb to denounce
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 鬥 (NCCED '斗' dòu 2)
8. dòu verb to come close together
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 鬥 (NCCED '斗' dòu 5)
9. dǒu verb dou; a kind of wine vessel
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 斗; in the sense of 酒器 (Guoyu '斗' n 2; Kroll 2015 '斗' 2a;NCCED '斗' dǒu 1)
10. dǒu proper noun Big Dipper; Ursa Major
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 斗 (Guoyu '斗' n 4; Kroll 2015 '斗' 3; NCCED '斗' dǒu 2; Wikipedia '北斗七星')
11. dǒu proper noun Southern Dipper
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 斗 (Guoyu '斗' n 4; NCCED '斗' dǒu 3; Wikipedia '南斗六星')
12. dòu noun dou; a kind of container for grain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 斗 (Guoyu '斗' n 3; NCCED '斗' dǒu 4)
13. dòu noun a dipper of cup shaped object
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 斗; especially for serving wine (Kroll 2015 '斗' 2; NCCED '斗' dǒu 6)
14. dòu noun whorl shaped fingerprint
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 斗 (Guoyu '斗' n 5; NCCED '斗' dǒu 7)
15. dòu adverb unexpectedly; suddenly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 斗; in the sense of 突然 (Guoyu '斗' adv; Kroll 2015 '斗' 4)
16. dòu noun capital; a block for a roof bracket
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 斗; as a variant of 枓 (Kroll 2015 '斗' 5)
17. dòu verb to shake; to tremble
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 斗; as a variant of 抖 (Kroll 2015 '斗' 5)
18. dòu verb to assemble; to gather
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 鬥; In the sense of 拼湊 or 凑集 (Guoyu '鬥' v 4)
19. dòu verb to tease; to provoke
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 鬥; In the sense of 惹 or 引弄 (Guoyu '鬥' v 5)
20. dòu proper noun Dou
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 鬥 (Guoyu '鬥' n 1)
21. dòu adjective small
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 斗; in the sense of 小 (Guoyu '斗' adj 1)
22. dòu adjective large
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 斗; in the sense of 大 (Guoyu '斗' adj 2)
23. dòu adjective precipitous; steep
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 斗; in the sense of 险峻 or 陡峭 (Guoyu '斗' adj 3)

Contained in

• 斗鸡眼(鬥雞眼) cross-eye
• 龙争虎斗(龍爭虎鬥) the dragon wars, the tiger battles; fierce battle between giants
• 泰斗 an eminent scholar
• 五斗柜(五斗櫃) chest of drawers
• 赌斗(賭鬭) to fight
• 覆斗顶(覆斗頂) a dome shaped ceiling
• 后翻筋斗(後翻筋斗) backward somersault
• 困兽犹斗(困獸猶鬥) a cornered beast will still fight; to fight like an animal at bay
• 斗转星移(斗轉星移) the Big Dipper has turned and the stars have moved; time flies
• 好男不跟女斗(好男不跟女鬥) a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk
• 战斗者(戰鬥者) fighter
• 斗柄 handle of the Big Dipper
• 战斗群(戰鬥群) battle group; naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier
• 挎斗 sidecar
• 筋斗云(筋斗雲) Sun Wukong's magical cloud
• 菸斗 a cigarette
• 斗士(鬥士) warrior ; an activist
• 三对三斗牛(三對三鬥牛) three-on-three basketball game
• 斗筲之材 person of limited capacity
• 斗居 small dwelling
• 铜斗家私(銅斗家私) vast family wealth
• 化学战斗部(化學戰斗部) chemical warhead
• 斗牛士(鬥牛士) matador; toreador; bullfighter
• 小便斗 urinal
• 秤平斗满(秤平斗滿) an even scale with full measure; to deal fairly
• 泰山北斗 as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper; a giant among men
• 烟斗(煙斗) (smoking) pipe
• 笆斗 round-bottomed basket
• 角斗场(角鬥場) wrestling ring
• 斗争性(鬥爭性) assertiveness; combative nature
• 车载斗量(車載斗量) measured in cartloads and gallons; by the barrowload (i.e. lots and lots); innumerable
• 料斗 cattle feeder; hopper (wicker basket)
• 角斗(角鬥) to wrestle
• 戽斗 bailing bucket (tool for irrigating fields); protruding lower jaw
• 斗笠 a conical bamboo hat
• 奋斗(奮鬥) to strive; to struggle
• 战斗舰(戰鬥艦) battleship
• 格斗(格鬥) to wrestle
• 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot
• 志冲斗牛(志沖斗牛) anger rising to the heavens
• 斗私批修(鬥私批修) fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
• 航空母舰战斗群(航空母艦戰鬥群) carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG); naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier
• 翻筋斗 to tumble; to turn a somersault
• 夸多斗靡(誇多鬥靡) to compete to produce extravagant literary works
• 核战斗部(核戰斗部) nuclear warhead
• 揪斗(揪鬥) to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)
• 博斗(博鬥) to fight or argue on a blogging site
• 争强斗胜(爭強鬥勝) to battle for victory
• 烫斗(燙斗) clothes iron

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• 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 31
• 卷五十四 志第七 天文七 Volume 54 Treatises 7: Astronomy 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
• 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 25
• 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 24
• 卷21　志第16 天文下 Volume 21 Treatises 16: Astronomy 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 22
• 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 20
• 卷19　志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 20
• 卷四百九十六 列傳第二百五十五 蠻夷四 西南諸夷 黎州諸蠻 敍州三路蠻 威茂渝州蠻 黔涪施高徼外諸蠻 瀘州蠻 Volume 496 Biographies 255: Man People 4 - All Peoples from the Southwest, All Man Peoples from Lizhou, Man Peoples from Xuzhou and Sanlu, Man Peoples from Weimao and Yuzhou, Man Peoples from Qianfu Shigao and Outer Areas, Man People from Luzhou History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 卷二百六十 列傳第一百四十八 楊鶴 陳奇瑜 熊文燦 練國事 丁啟睿 鄭崇儉 邵捷春 余應桂 高斗樞 張任學 Volume 260 Biographies 148: Yang He, Chen QiYu, Xiong Wencan, Lian Guoshi, Ding Qirui, Zheng Chongjian, Shao Jiechun, Yu Yinggui, Gao Doushu, Zhang Renxue History of Ming 明史 — count: 18
• 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 16

Collocations

• 大斗 (大鬥) 酌以大斗 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧行葦 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Xing Wei — count: 4
• 斗辛 (鬥辛) 使鬥辛居鄖 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 斗以上 (鬥以上) 斗大容二斗以上到三斗 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 4
• 二斗 (二鬥) 斗大容二斗以上到三斗 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 4
• 见斗 (見鬥) 日中見斗 — Book of Changes 易經, 豐 Feng — count: 4
• 龙斗 (龍鬥) 龍鬥于時門之外洧淵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 一斗 (一鬥) 大容一斗以上至二斗 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 3
• 四斗 (四鬥) 水器容四斗到六斗者百 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 3
• 籍斗 (籍鬥) 寡人不得籍斗升焉 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — count: 3
• 使斗 (使鬥) 使鬥韋龜與公子棄疾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3