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Jyutping dau3
Pinyin dòu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to fight
  2. to struggle
  3. to condemn
  4. to censure
  5. to contend
  6. to put together
  7. coming together
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    對​打​;​分勝負
    to compete; to engage in a contest with; to race; to fight
    • 打鬥
      打斗
      daa2 dau3
      to brawl
    • 佢哋兩個成日都喺度鬥。
      佢哋两个成日都喺度斗。
      keoi5 dei6 loeng5 go3 seng4 jat6 dou1 hai2 dou6 dau3
      Those two are always competing with each other.
    • 我同佢鬥快跑去教堂。
      我同佢斗快跑去教堂。
      ngo5 tung4 keoi5 dau3 faai3 paau2 heoi3 gaau3 tong4
      I raced him to the church.
    • 佢成日都要同人鬥,好有勝負慾。
      佢成日都要同人斗,好有胜负欲。
      keoi5 seng4 jat6 dou1 jiu3 tung4 jan4 dau3, hou2 jau5 sing3 fu6 juk6.
      He always competes with people, what a competitive guy.
    • 可唔可以同你一齊打籃球,鬥射三分,輸可樂!
      可唔可以同你一齐打篮球,斗射三分,输可乐!
      ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 tung4 nei5 jat1 cai4 daa2 laam4 kau4, dau3 se6 saam1 fan1, syu1 ho2 lok6!
      Can I play basketball with you? Let's compete by shooting three-pointers. The loser buys coke!
  2. 參看
  3. 動詞
    摸​;​掂
    to touch
    • 唔好鬥我啲嘢。
      唔好斗我啲嘢。
      m4 hou2 dau3 ngo5 di1 je5.
      Don't touch my things.
    • 呢棵草有毒㗎,唔好鬥啊!
      呢棵草有毒㗎,唔好斗啊!
      ni1 po1 cou2 jau5 duk6 gaa3, m4 hou2 dau3 aa3!
      This plant is poisonous, don't touch it!
    • 咪抖隻雀!
      咪抖只雀!
      mai5 dau3 zek3 zoek2!
      Don't touch the bird!
  4. 參看
  5. 動詞
    花​工夫​去​整一樣​嘢
    to work on; to put effort towards sth
    • 鬥木
      斗木
      dau3 muk6
      to work with wood; to work as a carpenter
    • 我鬥緊我篇論文,鬥咗三日三夜。
      我斗紧我篇论文,斗咗三日三夜。
      ngo5 dau3 gan2 ngo5 pin1 leon6 man2, dau3 zo2 saam1 jat6 saam1 je6.
      I've been working on my essay. It's been three days and three nights so far.
    • 篇講稿我鬥咗好耐。
      篇讲稿我斗咗好耐。
      pin1 gong2 gou2 ngo5 dau3 zo2 hou2 noi6.
      I've spent a lot of time working on the speech.
    • 佢揾咗人幫我鬥好盤數。
      佢揾咗人帮我斗好盘数。
      keoi5 wan2 zo2 jan4 bong1 ngo5 dau3 hou2 pun4 sou3.
      He found someone to get the accounting done for me.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, dialectal
    very, quite
  2. character, dialectal
    to collude, to plot
  3. character, archaic
    (of stars) to collide with each other
  4. character
    to strive one's best
    • 奮鬥
      奋斗
      fèn dòu
      to work at one's utmost
  5. character
    to take the opportunity to ...; to do something while it's ...
  6. character
    to face; to confront; to front; to be opposite
  7. character, dialectal
    to help; to assist
  8. character
    to contend; to compete with
    • 鬥爭
      斗争
      dòu zhēng
      conflict
    • 鬥智
      斗智
      dòu zhì
      contest of wits
    • 批鬥
      批斗
      pī dòu
      to criticize and denounce a person
  9. character, dialectal
    bird nest
  10. character
    a surname
  11. character
    chaotic; disorderly, helter-skelter
  12. character
    to piece together; to fit together
    • 鬥電腦
      斗电脑
      dau3 din6 nou5
      to assemble a computer
    • 鬥木佬
      斗木佬
      dau3 muk6 lou2
      woodworker
  13. character
    fine tea; tea of the best quality
  14. character
    to meet; to encounter; to face
  15. character
    to fight; to struggle
    • 爭鬥
      争斗
      zhēng dòu
      to fight
    • 戰鬥
      战斗
      zhàn dòu
      battle
    • 械鬥
      械斗
      xiè dòu
      to fight with weapons
    • 拳鬥
      拳斗
      quán dòu
      fist fight
    • 格鬥
      格斗
      gé dòu
      grapple
    • 搏鬥
      搏斗
      bó dòu
      to wrestle
    • 明爭暗鬥
      明争暗斗
      míng zhēn gàn dòu
      both open strife and veiled struggle
    • 龍爭虎鬥
      龙争虎斗
      lóng zhēng hǔ dòu
      fierce struggle between two evenly-matched opponents
    • 角鬥
      角斗
      jiǎo dòu
      to battle
    • 鬥士
      斗士
      dòu shì
      warrior
    • 鬥志
      斗志
      dòu zhì
      morale
    • 鬥毆
      斗殴
      dòu ōu
      to brawl
    • 鬥氣
      斗气
      dòu qì
      to quarrel just to vent one's spleen
  16. character
    to make animals fight
    • 鬥雞
      斗鸡
      dòu jī
      cockfighting
    • 鬥牛
      斗牛
      dòu niú
      bull-fight
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. struggle, fight, compete, contend
  2. Kangxi radical 191
  3. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    YJ
  4. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    LN
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 拼合
  2. 拼裝 – 拼装
  3. 拼砌
  4. 比賽 – 比赛
  5. 動 – 动
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #932
  2. HSK3 四级汉字表 #52
  3. HSK3 高等手写字表 #83
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    狮子为了得到食物相互争斗。
    獅子為了得到食物相互爭鬥。
    shī zǐ wèi le dé dào shí wù xiāng hù zhēng dòu 。
    • The lions fought with each other to get food.
  2. Mandarin
    这是战斗发生的地方。
    這是戰鬥發生的地方。
    zhè shì zhàn dòu fā shēng de dì fāng 。
    • This is the place where the battle took place.
  3. Mandarin
    斗争结束了。
    鬥爭結束了。
    dòu zhēng jié shù le 。
    • The fight is over.
  4. Mandarin
    尽管受了伤,他们还是继续战斗。
    儘管受了傷,他們還是繼續戰鬥。
    jǐn guǎn shòu le shāng , tā men hái shi jì xù zhàn dòu 。
    • Though wounded, they continued to fight.
  5. Mandarin
    我会战斗到最后一口气。
    我會戰鬥到最後一口氣。
    wǒ huì zhàn dòu dào zuì hòu yī kǒu qì 。
    • I will fight to the last breath.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    你唔够佢斗㗎喇。
    你唔夠佢鬥㗎喇。
    nei5 m4 gau3 keoi5 dau3 gaa3 laa3 。
    • You're no match for him.
  2. Cantonese
    佢哋战斗到最后一个人。
    佢哋戰鬥到最後一個人。
    keoi5 dei2 zin3 dau3 dou3 zeoi3 hau6 jat1 go3 jan4 。
    • They fought to the last man.
  3. Cantonese
    奥运会最重要嘅唔系赢,而系参与;就好似人生最重要嘅唔系胜利,而系过程中嘅挣扎。最重要嘅唔系克服困难,而系有好好咁奋斗过。
    奧運會最重要嘅唔係贏,而係參與;就好似人生最重要嘅唔係勝利,而係過程中嘅掙扎。最重要嘅唔係克服困難,而係有好好咁奮鬥過。
    ou3 wan6 wui2 zeoi3 zung6 jiu3 ge3 m4 hai6 jeng4 , ji4 hai6 caam1 jyu6 ; zau6 hou2 ci5 jan4 sang1 zeoi3 zung6 jiu3 ge3 m4 hai6 sing1 lei6 , ji4 hai6 gwo3 cing4 zung1 ge3 zang1 zaat3 。 zeoi3 zung6 jiu3 ge3 m4 hai6 hak1 fuk6 kwan3 naan4 , ji4 hai6 jau5 hou2 hou2 gam3 fan5 dau3 gwo3 。
    • The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    困兽斗
    困獸鬥
    kwan3 sau3 dau3
    • fight of a cornered beast
  2. Cantonese
    啲阔太去亲呢啲场合,都系斗晒名牌衫同名牌袋咋嘛。
    啲闊太去親呢啲場合,都係鬥曬名牌衫同名牌袋咋嘛。
    di1 fut3 taai2 heoi3 can1 ni1 di1 coeng4 hap6, dou1 hai6 dau3 saai3 ming4 paai4 saam1 tung4 ming4 paai4 doi2 zaa1 maa3.
    • Whenever those rich men's wives attend events, they just compete with each other and flaunt the designer clothes and bags they have.
  3. Cantonese
    佢上网上得多,跟住𠮶啲同温层就系要斗mean吖嘛,越mean就越有成功感。
    佢上網上得多,跟住嗰啲同温層就係要鬥mean吖嘛,越mean就越有成功感。
    keoi5 soeng5 mong5 soeng5 dak1 do1, gan1 zyu6 go2 di1 tung4 wan1 cang4 zau6 hai6 jiu3 dau3 min1 aa1 maa3, jyut6 min1 zau6 jyut6 jau5 sing4 gung1 gam2.
    • He surfs the web a lot and his online social group likes to compete how mean each person can get. The meaner you become, the more sense of success you get.
  4. Cantonese
    格斗
    格鬥
    gaak3 dau3
    • to fight, using simply the body or with weapon
  5. Cantonese
    打斗
    打鬥
    daa2 dau3
    • to brawl
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    战斗到底
    戰鬥到底
  2. Cantonese
    争斗
    爭鬥
    zang1 dau3
  3. Cantonese
    明争暗斗
    明爭暗鬥
    ming4 zang1 am3 dau3
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我会战斗到最后一口气。
    我會戰鬥到最後一口氣。
    wǒ huì zhàn dòu dào zuì hòu yī kǒu qì .
    • I will fight to my last breath.
  2. Mandarin
    为实现理想而奋斗
    為實現理想而奮鬥
    wèi shí xiàn lǐ xiǎng ér fèn dòu
    • to strive to make one’s dream come true
  3. Mandarin
    酣斗
    酣鬥
    hān dòu
    • to fight intensely
  4. Mandarin
    角斗
    角鬥
    jué dòu
    • wrestle
  5. Mandarin
    奋斗
    奮鬥
    fèn dòu
    • to work at one's utmost