Chinese symbol for “brawl”
斗殴
dòu ōu
Traditional: 鬥毆
to brawl; to scuffle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brawl is 斗殴 (dòu ōu), defined as: to brawl; to scuffle.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “brawl”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开打 (開打) | kāi dǎ | (of a sports competition or match) to commence; (of a war or battle) to break out |
| 殴斗 (毆鬥) | ōu dòu | to have a fist fight; fist fight |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 斗殴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 战斗 (戰鬥) | zhàn dòu | to fight; to engage in combat |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle; fight |
| 奋斗 (奮鬥) | fèn dòu | to strive; to struggle |
| 战斗机 (戰鬥機) | zhàn dòu jī | fighter (aircraft) |
| 战斗力 (戰鬥力) | zhàn dòu lì | fighting strength |
| 斗士 (鬥士) | dòu shì | warrior; activist |
| 殴打 (毆打) | ōu dǎ | to beat up; to come to blows |
| 围殴 (圍毆) | wéi ōu | to gang up and beat |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brawl”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.