dòu

Chinese peck; liquid measure

HSK 5 #580

DEFINITIONS

斗 dòu
  • to fight
  • to struggle
  • to condemn
  • to censure
  • to contend
  • to put together
  • coming together
  • variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
  • variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
斗 dǒu
  • 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]

STROKES

WORDS

勾心角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo to fight and scheme against each other (idiom); (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
jīn dǒu tumble; somersault
气 dòu qì to have a grudge against
胆 dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to
窝里 wō li dòu internal strife (family, group, etc)
志昂扬 dòu zhì áng yáng having high fighting spirit
è dòu hard fighting; fierce battle
xiè dòu armed confrontation; bust-up between gangs
ōu dòu to have a fist fight; fist fight; brawl
pī dòu to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)
xīng dǒu stars
智 dòu zhì battle of wits
龙争虎 lóng zhēng hǔ dòu lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants
明争暗 míng zhēng àn dòu to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)
艰苦奋 jiān kǔ fèn dòu to struggle arduously
室 dǒu shì very small room; tiny, cramped space
chē dǒu open-topped container (mounted on a truck or cart) for carrying loads; dump box (of a dump truck); bucket (of a front loader); wheelbarrow
ā dǒu A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263; fig. weak and inept person
阶级争 jiē jí dòu zhēng class struggle
焕 quán dòu huàn Chun Doo Hwan (1931-), South Korean politician, president 1980-1988
jīn dǒu variant of 筋斗[jin1 dou3]
tuō dǒu small open trailer
ái dòu to suffer censure; denounced
笠 dǒu lì conical bamboo hat
一对一牛 yī duì yī dòu niú one-on-one basketball game