爭鬥

See also: 爭鬪, 争闘, and 争斗

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngdòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ dau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chên-teu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-tò͘ / chng-tiò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zên¹ dou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngdòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengdòu
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-tou⁴
    • Yale: jēng-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengdow
    • Palladius: чжэндоу (čžɛndou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ dau³
    • Yale: jāng dau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ dau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ deo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ tɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chên-teu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zen´ deu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zen¹ deu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sen²⁴⁻¹¹ teu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-tò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-tòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengdox
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-tiò
    • Tâi-lô: tsng-tiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngdioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³ tio⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zên¹ dou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseⁿ tòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sẽ³³⁻²³ tou²¹³/

Verb

爭鬥

1. to come to blows; to fight; to scuffle
2. (literally, figuratively) to struggle; to fight; to strive

Synonyms

• (to come to blows):

• 出手 (chūshǒu)
• 動手／动手 (dòngshǒu)
• 喐手
• 打人 (dǎrén)
• 打架 (dǎjià)
• 打鬥／打斗 (dǎdòu)
• 打鬧／打闹 (dǎnào) (to quarrel and fight)
• 歐擊／欧击 (ōujī) (formal)
• 毆打／殴打 (ōudǎ)
• 相打 (¹shian-tan) (Wu, literary, or Hakka)

 

• (to struggle): 鬥爭／斗争 (dòuzhēng), 奮鬥／奋斗 (fèndòu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (爭鬥):

• → Japanese: 争闘(そうとう) (sōtō)
• → Korean: 쟁투(爭鬪) (jaengtu)
• → Vietnamese: tranh đấu (爭鬥)

See also

• 衝突／冲突 (chōngtū)
• 抵觸／抵触 (dǐchù)
• 爭執／争执 (zhēngzhí)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
爭	鬥

Verb

爭鬥

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