鬥爭

See also: 鬪爭 and 闘争

Chinese

		fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter	struggle; fight
trad. (鬥爭)		鬥	爭
simp. (斗争)		斗	争
anagram		爭鬥／争斗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòuzhēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄓㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau³ zang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): teu-chên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiò-chng / tò͘-cheng / tàu-cheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòuzhēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòujheng
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴-chêng¹
    • Yale: dòu-jēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowjeng
    • Palladius: доучжэн (doučžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau³ zang¹
    • Yale: dau jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau³ dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo³ zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: teu-chên
    • Hakka Romanization System: deu zen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: deu⁴ zen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /teu̯⁵⁵ t͡sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiò-chng
    • Tâi-lô: tiò-tsng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioirzngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò͘-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tòo-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dorzefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàu-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: tàu-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daozefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

鬥爭

1. (literally, figuratively) struggle; fight; campaign against something

   生死攸關的鬥爭／生死攸关的斗争  ―  shēngsǐyōuguān de dòuzhēng  ―  life-or-death struggle

   反帝反封建鬥爭／反帝反封建斗争  ―  fǎndì fǎnfēngjiàn dòuzhēng  ―  anti-imperialist, anti-feudal struggle

Derived terms

• 反右派鬥爭／反右派斗争 (fǎn yòupài dòuzhēng)
• 階級鬥爭／阶级斗争 (jiējí dòuzhēng)
• 鬥爭性／斗争性

 

Verb

鬥爭

1. (literally, figuratively) to struggle; to fight; to strive
2. to accuse and denounce someone at a meeting (especially a Communist one)

Synonyms

• (to struggle): 奮鬥／奋斗 (fèndòu), 爭鬥／争斗 (zhēngdòu)

Related terms

• 戰鬥／战斗 (zhàndòu)
• 戰爭／战争 (zhànzhēng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鬥爭):

• → Japanese: 闘争(とうそう) (tōsō)
• → Korean: 투쟁(鬪爭) (tujaeng)
• → Vietnamese: đấu tranh (鬥爭)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
鬥	爭

Verb

鬥爭

1. chữ Hán form of đấu tranh (“to struggle; to fight”).