粵

械haai6鬥dau3

simp械斗
haai6 dau3xiè dòu

English

  1. armed confrontation
  2. bust-up between gangs
  3. to engage in an armed fight; usually ones that happen on streets and involves many people

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用武器打交,通常牽涉好多人,喺街頭發生

Examples

  • 土客械鬥

    Punti–Hakka Clan Wars

  • 頭先喺街上面見到嗰兩個幫派嘅人喺度械鬥。

    Just now on the street I saw an armed fight between the two gangs.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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