斗 (dǒu) means Fight. Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
年轻时要努力奋 斗 。
Niánqīng shí yào nǔlì fèndòu.
When you are young you should strive hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 奋斗
他为自己的理想奋 斗 。
Tā wèi zìjǐ de lǐxiǎng fèndòu.
He strives for his ideals.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 奋斗
他是这个领域的泰 斗 。
Tā shì zhège lǐngyù de tàidǒu.
He is the leading authority in this field.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 泰斗
那场战 斗 持续了三天。
Nà chǎng zhàndòu chíxù le sān tiān.
That battle lasted three days.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 战斗
这是一场壮烈的战 斗 。
Zhè shì yì chǎng zhuàngliè de zhàndòu.
This was a heroic battle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 壮烈
他一生都在为正义奋 斗 。
Tā yìshēng dōu zài wèi zhèngyì fèndòu.
He fought for justice all his life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正义
他一生都在为公平而 斗 争。
Tā yìshēng dōu zài wèi gōngpíng ér dòuzhēng.
He struggled for fairness all his life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 斗争
他内心经历了激烈的 斗 争。
Tā nèixīn jīnglì le jīliè de dòuzhēng.
He went through a fierce inner struggle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 斗争
这位泰 斗 培养了几代学生。
Zhè wèi tàidǒu péiyǎng le jǐ dài xuésheng.
This great master trained several generations of students.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 泰斗
我们要发扬艰苦奋 斗 的精神。
Wǒmen yào fāyáng jiānkǔ fèndòu de jīngshén.
We must carry forward the spirit of hard struggle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发扬
医护人员一直战 斗 在第一线。
Yīhù rényuán yìzhí zhàndòu zài dì yī xiàn.
The medical staff have been fighting on the front line throughout.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 战斗
消防员与大火搏 斗 了整整一夜。
Xiāofángyuán yǔ dàhuǒ bódòu le zhěngzhěng yí yè.
The firefighters battled the blaze all night long.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 搏斗
他在与病魔的搏 斗 中从未放弃。
Tā zài yǔ bìngmó de bódòu zhōng cóngwèi fàngqì.
He never gave up in his struggle against the illness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 搏斗
他为了崇高的理想奋 斗 了一生。
Tā wèile chónggāo de lǐxiǎng fèndòu le yìshēng.
He struggled all his life for a lofty ideal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 崇高
那次失败反而激发了他的 斗 志。
Nà cì shībài fǎn'ér jīfā le tā de dòuzhì.
That failure actually fired up his fighting spirit.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 激发
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Words that contain 斗
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Questions about 斗
How is 斗 used in a sentence?
This page shows 15 sentences using 斗 (dǒu, "Fight"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 斗 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 斗 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 斗?
The dictionary page for 斗 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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