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  • 1

    n.datedobject shaped like a cup or dipper; measure, square or drum-like, made of wood or bamboo; ancient device used to measure grain

    • lòu dǒu

      funnel

    • yān dǒu

      tobacco's pipe

    • fēng dǒu

      vent

  • 2

    measure worddou (unit of dry measure for grain)

  • 3

    n.ancient wine vessel/cup

  • 4

    adj.as large/small as a dou

  • 5

    n.whorls of a fingerprint

  • 6

    Dou, one of the lunar mansions

Words and phrases with 斗

  • 斗篷
    [word]cape; bamboo hat of conical shape
  • 斗列
    [word]bucketline
  • 斗方
    [word]square-shaped sheet of paper for calligraphy or painting; sheets about one foot square with inscription for pasting on wall
  • 斗笠
    [word]bamboo hat
  • 斗室
    [word]a little room
  • 斗刮
    [word]strickle
  • 斗柄
    [word]bucket arm; the handle of the Dipper
  • 斗笔
    [word]large writing brush
  • 斗渠
    [word]lateral canal
  • 斗筲之人
    [idiom]people who are mere pecks and hampers
  • 斗粟尺布
    [idiom]brothers at loggerheads
  • 斗升之水
    [idiom]trifling pecuniary assistance
  • 斗南一人
    [idiom]one who knows no equal under the sun
  • 斗方名士
    [idiom]self-styled scholars
  • 斗转星移
    [idiom]passage of time
  • 斗转参横
    [idiom]the turn of the Dipper and crosswise of the planet
  • 斗酒百篇
    [idiom]great capacity for drinking and poetry
  • 斗筲之辈
    [idiom]narrow-minded and short-sighted person

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Chinese Characters with pinyin dǒu

  • tremble; shake
  • steep; suddenly