決鬥

See also: 决斗 and 決闘

Chinese

		breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine	fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter
trad. (決鬥)		決	鬥
simp. (决斗)		决	斗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juédòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ dau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koat-tiò / koat-tàu / koat-tò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juédòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuédòu
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-tou⁴
    • Yale: jywé-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuedow
    • Palladius: цзюэдоу (czjuedou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ dau³
    • Yale: kyut dau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ dau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ deo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ tɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-tiò
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-tiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koatdioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-tàu
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-tàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koatdaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-tò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-tòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koatdox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵ tɔ²¹/

Verb

決鬥

1. to duel

Noun

決鬥

1. decisive struggle; decisive battle

Synonyms

• 決戰／决战 (juézhàn)
• 死戰／死战 (sǐzhàn)

See also

• 角鬥／角斗 (juédòu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (決鬥):

• → Japanese: 決(けっ)闘(とう) (kettō)
• → Vietnamese: quyết đấu (決鬥)