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

南箕北 nán jī běi dǒu the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
bó dòu to fight or argue on a blogging site (netspeak)
反右派争 fǎn yòu pài dòu zhēng Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
反袁争 fǎn yuán dòu zhēng war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic
diào dǒu (a container) carried suspended or underslung; cable car bucket
单打独 dān dǎ dú dòu to fight alone (idiom)
困兽犹 kùn shòu yóu dòu a cornered beast will still fight (idiom); to fight like an animal at bay
坐山观虎 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight; watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)
mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
好男不跟女 hǎo nán bù gēn nǚ dòu a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
宙斯盾战系统 zhòu sī dùn zhàn dòu xì tǒng Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
小便 xiǎo biàn dǒu urinal
shān dòu leading light (of a generation etc); (honorific appellation)
bā dǒu round-bottomed wicker basket
后翻筋 hòu fān jīn dǒu backward somersault
後翻筋 hòu fān jīn dǒu backward somersault
部 zhàn dòu bù warhead
部 zhàn dòu bù warhead
营 zhàn dòu yíng boot camp
群 zhàn dòu qún battle group; naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier
者 zhàn dòu zhě fighter
舰 zhàn dòu jiàn battleship
hù dǒu bailing bucket (tool for irrigating fields); protruding lower jaw
才高八 cái gāo bā dǒu of great talent (idiom)
扶不起的阿 fú bù qǐ de ā dǒu weak and inept person; hopeless case