| 墨斗 | mò dǒu | carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) |
| 好斗 | hào dòu | be warlike |
| 小便斗 | xiǎo biàn dǒu | urinal |
| 山斗 | shān dòu | leading light (of a generation etc); (honorific appellation) |
| 巴斗 | bā dòu | round-bottomed wicker basket |
| 后翻筋斗 | hòu fān jīn dòu | backward somersault |
| 恶斗 | è dòu | hard fighting; fierce battle |
| 战斗群 | zhàn dòu qún | battle group; naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier |
| 战斗者 | zhàn dòu zhě | fighter |
| 战斗舰 | zhàn dòu jiàn | battleship |
| 打斗 | dǎ dòu | to fight |
| 抽斗 | chōu dǒu | drawer |
| 拌嘴斗舌 | bàn zuǐ dòu shé | to quarrel |
| 拖斗 | tuō dǒu | small open trailer |
| 拼斗 | pīn dòu | to engage (in a fight) |
| 挨斗 | ái dòu | to suffer censure; denounced |
| 揪斗 | jiū dòu | to seize and struggle with; to tussle with; fig. to seize and subject to public criticism (e.g. right-roaders during cultural revolution) |
| 斗六 | Dǒu liù | Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 斗六市 | Dǒu liù shì | Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 斗南 | Dǒu nán | Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 斗南镇 | Dǒu nán zhèn | Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 斗柄 | dǒu bǐng | handle of the Big Dipper |
| 斗牛 | Dǒu Niú | Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy) |
| 斗眼 | dòu yǎn | cross-eyed |
| 斗筲 | dǒu shāo | an ancient bamboo container; narrow-mindedness |
| 斗筲之人 | dǒu shāo zhī rén | a small-minded person; a bean-counter |
| 斗筲之器 | dǒu shāo zhī qì | person narrow-minded and shortsighted |
| 斗筲之材 | dǒu shāo zhī cái | person of limited capacity |
| 斗篷 | dǒu péng | cloak; mantle |
| 斗转星移 | Dǒu zhuǎn xīng yí | lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星 has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; also written 星移斗转 |
| 斗酒只鸡 | dǒu jiǔ zhī jī | lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests |
| 斗门区 | Dǒu mén qū | Doumen district of Zhuhai city 珠海市, Guangdong |
| 斤斗 | jīn dǒu | variant of 筋斗 |
| 明争暗斗 | míng zhēng àn dòu | struggling in the light and fighting in the dark (idiom); fig. intriguing against each other; locked in constant strife |
| 星移斗转 | xīng yí Dǒu zhuǎn | lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星 has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; also written 斗转星移 |
| 核战斗部 | hé zhàn dǒu bù | nuclear warhead |
| 格斗 | gé dòu | to wrestle |
| 械斗 | xiè dòu | armed confrontation; bust-up between gangs |
| 横筋斗 | héng jīn dǒu | to tumble; to turn a cartwheel; a somersault |
| 权力斗争 | quán lì dòu zhēng | power struggle |
| 正义斗争 | zhèng yì dòu zhēng | righteous struggle |
| 步斗踏罡 | bù dǒu tà gāng | to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology) |
| 步罡踏斗 | bù gāng tà dǒu | to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology) |
| 殴斗 | ōu dòu | to have a fist fight; fist fight; brawl |
| 气冲牛斗 | qì chōng niú dǒu | extremely angry; infuriated |
| 泰山北斗 | Tài shān Běi dǒu | as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom); a giant among men |
| 泰斗 | tài dǒu | leading scholar of his time; magnate |
| 争妍斗艳 | zhēng yán dòu yàn | contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc); vying in beauty and glamor |
| 环保斗士 | huán bǎo dòu shì | an environmental activist; a fighter for environmental protection |
生命不息，
战斗不止 | shēng mìng bù xī ,
zhàn dòu bù zhǐ | while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last |
