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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: teu-chên
  - Hakka Romanization System: deu zen^ˊ
  - 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

(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

(literally, figuratively) to struggle; to fight; to strive
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

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