character
A Chinese constellation (星官) consisting of five stars.
character
The Big Dipper, an asterism of seven stars.
星移斗轉
星移斗转
xīng yí dǒu zhuǎn passage of time
泰斗
泰斗
tài dǒu the leading authority
character, historical
A dipper or cup-like object, used in ancient China as a wine vessel.
斗量
斗量
dǒu liàng to measure with dou; numerous
character
A unit of measure based on dou.
character
Round or spiral shaped; fingerprint (a dactylogram)
character
Doumu, a goddess in Taoism.
character, figuratively
big, high, to be full of (as with a dipper)
斗膽
斗胆
dǒu dǎn venture; boldly
character
The Little Dipper, a constellation of six stars.
character
Any dou-shaped object; dipper, ladle.
漏斗
漏斗
lòu dǒu funnel
熨斗
熨斗
yùn dǒu flatiron
煙斗
烟斗
yān dǒu tobacco pipe
風斗
风斗
fēng dǒu wind scoop
水斗
水斗
shuǐ dǒu water ladle
墨斗
墨斗
mò dǒu carpenter's ink marker
抽斗
抽斗
chōu dǒu drawer
斗笠
斗笠
dǒu lì wide-brimmed rain hat
斗篷
斗篷
dǒu péng cape, cloak
character, figuratively
small, short, narrow (as with a dipper)
斗室
斗室
dǒu shì small room
character
A unit of dry measure (for grains, especially rice) roughly equal to 1 decaliter.
character
Stars in general.
星斗
星斗
xīng dǒu stars
character
The Dipper (Chinese constellation), one of the twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations.
character
A subconstellation of the above mansion, consisting of six stars.
斗 [－]
Jyutping
dau2
Pinyin
dòu
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞、語素
用來盛載液體或者穀物嘅器具，多數以竹，木或者塑膠製成，外形係一個好似有手柄嘅兜 water dipper
名詞、語素
形狀似斗嘅物體 anything with the sharp of a dipper
漏斗
漏斗
funnel
蒸氣熨斗
蒸气熨斗
steam iron
煙斗
烟斗
pipe
名詞、語素
大型貨車後面載嘢嘅位 the part of a large truck that stores cargo
密斗
密斗
X
街斗
街斗
X
量詞
古時容量單位，十合等於一升，十升等於一斗。現時日本同韓國仲有使用，當地一斗相當於18.0391公升。而中華民國喺1929年就將升同公升合併，一斗等同十公升 peck, the measuring unit of liquid and grains; a peck of rice is roughly equivalent to 7 kilograms
形容詞、語素
形容細 small
升斗 斗室 斗筲之輩
升斗 斗室 斗筲之辈
yue:升斗 斗室 斗筲之輩 X
形容詞、語素
形容大 big
斗大 斗膽
斗大 斗胆
yue:斗大 斗膽 X
形容詞、語素
忽然 sudden
斗頓
斗顿
X
斗 [－]
Jyutping
dau2
Pinyin
dǒu
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
decaliter
peck
cup or dipper shaped object
old variant of 陡[dou3]
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
我的手被熨斗烫了一下。
我的手被熨斗燙了一下。
wǒ de shǒu bèi yùn dǒu tàng le yī xià 。
I burned my hand with an iron.
Mandarin
如果你在洋娃娃腹部的侧面上链的话，它就会扭动手臂，翻著筋斗向前前进。
如果你在洋娃娃腹部的側面上鏈的話，它就會扭動手臂，翻著筋斗向前前進。
rú guǒ nǐ zài yáng wá wa fù bù de cè miàn shàng liàn de huà ， tā jiù huì niǔ dòng shǒu bì ， fān zhù jīn dǒu xiàng qián qián jìn 。
If you wind up the doll with the key on the side of its torso it will swing its arms round and go forward doing somersaults.
I missed my bus this morning and was late at work. Every restaurant I wanted to have lunch in was full. On top of that, someone bumped into me and knocked my takeoff to the ground, how unlucky can I be?
Cantonese
你今日块面黑过墨斗，无事呀嘛？
你今日塊面黑過墨斗，無事呀嘛？
You have a really long face today, is everything alright?