鬥 (dau3) — fight; tussle; combat in Cantonese
dau˗₃鬥简 斗
Mandarin Pinyin: dou4
Meaning of 鬥
nounfight; tussle; combat
nouncome close together; piece together
nounmake animals fight (as a game)
nouncontest/contend with; compete against
Example Sentences with 鬥
坦克車係一架有履帶嘅戰鬥車
A tank is a war machine with caterpillar tracks.
niˉ¹呢ci˗₃次dau˗₃鬥faat3,法，neiˏ₅你jauˏ₅有zoengˉ¹張loengˎ₄良gai3,計，ngoˏ₅我jauˏ₅有gwo˗₃過coengˎ₄牆tai1.梯。
In this contest, you have a plan, I have a countermeasure.
dau˗₃鬥nouˏ₅腦gamˉ¹筋houˊ²好gwo˗₃過dau˗₃鬥hei3.氣。
Using your brain is better than arguing.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好zeng˗₃正dau˗₃鬥！
He/She is so awesome!
neiˏ₅你zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係houˊ²好zeng˗₃正dau˗₃鬥！
You are truly amazing!
Words Containing 鬥
水鬥水seoi2 dau3 seoi2
low level competition
鬥艦dau3 laam6
fighting ship
戰鬥zin3 dau3
fight; battle
鬥地主dau3 dei6 zyu2
Fight the Landlord (card game)
鬥拳dau3 kyun4
boxing
鬥快dau3 faai3
compete to see who's faster
打鬥daa2 dau3
to fight
鬥車dau3 ce1
a motor race
鬥勁dau3 ging6
to compete for who's the best; contest to see who's strongest
革命鬥志gaak3 ming6 dau3 zi3
fighting will; fighting spirit
撩事鬥非liu4 si6 dau3 fei1
to make trouble
奮鬥不止fan5 dau3 bat1 zi2
carry on without end
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