The police broke up the fight.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
斗殴
to brawl; to scuffle
IN A VIDEO斗殴
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to brawl; to scuffle
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 斗殴 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 斗殴 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 斗殴.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 斗殴.
Directly before
- 引发斗殴1
- 这场斗殴1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 斗殴
What does 斗殴 mean in Chinese?
斗殴 (dòuōu) means to brawl; to scuffle.
How do you pronounce 斗殴?
斗殴 is pronounced dòuōu.
Is 斗殴 an HSK word?
斗殴 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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