diāo dǒu

刁斗 (diāo dǒu) is a Chinese word meaning “soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)”.

Meanings

  1. 1soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)

Characters in 刁斗

刁diāo · artful斗dǒu · dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]

Related words

战斗to fight斗dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]斗to fight斗abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]斗variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]斗variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]斗variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]斗争a struggle奋斗to strive; to struggle打斗to fight决斗to duel斗牛bullfighting

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