格鬥

See also: 格斗 and 格闘

Chinese

		frame; rule	fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter
trad. (格鬥)		格	鬥
simp. (格斗)		格	斗
alternative forms		挌鬥挌鬭 archaic 格鬭 archaic

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gédòu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ dau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiak-tiò / kek-tò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gédòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gédòu
  - Wade–Giles: ko²-tou⁴
  - Yale: gé-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gerdow
  - Palladius: гэдоу (gɛdou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaak³ dau³
  - Yale: gaak dau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ dau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gag³ deo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ tɐu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-tiò
  - Tâi-lô: kiak-tiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiakdioix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tio⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-tò͘
  - Tâi-lô: kik-tòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kekdox
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ tɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔ¹¹/

Verb

格鬥

(literally, figuratively) to battle; to wrestle; to fight; to struggle

Synonyms

搏鬥／搏斗 (bódòu)
角鬥／角斗 (juédòu)
肉搏 (ròubó)

Noun

格鬥

grappling; hand-to-hand combat