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奮鬥

奮鬥

See also: 奋斗

Chinese

		exert oneself	fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter
trad. (奮鬥)		奮	鬥
simp. (奋斗)		奋	斗

Verb

奮鬥

to strive; to struggle; to fight
為理想而奮鬥 / 为理想而奋斗 ― wèi lǐxiǎng ér fèndòu ― to fight for one's dreams

Noun

奮鬥

struggle; fight

Derived terms

艱苦奮鬥／艰苦奋斗 (jiānkǔfèndòu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fèndòu

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ ㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁵ dau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fun-teu
Min Nan (POJ): hùn-tàu / hùn-tò͘ / hùn-tiò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fèndòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenndow
  - IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan⁵ dau³
  - Yale: fáhn dau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁵ dau³
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐn¹³ tɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fun-teu
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun deu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun⁴ deu⁴
  - IPA: /fun⁵⁵ te̯u⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùn-tàu
  - Tâi-lô: hùn-tàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huondaux
  - IPA (Taipei): /hun¹¹⁻⁵³ taʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²¹⁻⁴¹ taʊ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùn-tò͘
  - Tâi-lô: hùn-tòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huondox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùn-tiò
  - Tâi-lô: hùn-tiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huondioix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɤ⁴¹/