Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- gǔ
English
- drum
- drum
- drum
- beat, top, strike
- CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]
- Kangxi radical 207
- to drum
- to strike
- to rouse
- to bulge
- to swell
粵語
- 敲擊樂器；通常呈圓筒形或者半球形，透過用手或者棍敲打包住頂部嘅皮革／薄膜發出音響（量詞：個）
As a component in · 82
Variants
Words containing 鼓
- 鼓勵gu2 lai6
to encourage
- 鼓舞gu2 mou5
to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)
- 鼓吹gu2 ceoi1
to agitate for
- 鼓動gu2 dung6
to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite
- 鼓掌gu2 zoeng2
to applaud
- 鼓手gu2 sau2
drummer
- 鼓皮gu2 pei2
a drum skin; a drumhead
- 鼓膜gu2 mok2
eardrum; tympanic membrane
- 鑼鼓lo4 gu2
gongs and drums
- 鼓噪gu2 cou3
(in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle)
- 擂鼓leoi4 gu2
to beat a drum
- 鼓點gu2 dim2
drumbeat; drum rhythm; drumming pattern
- 鼓起gu2 hei2
to summon one's (courage, faith etc)
- 花鼓faa1 gu2
flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum
- 鼓風gu2 fung1
a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal)
- 轉鼓zyun3 gu2
rotary drum
- 氣鼓hei3 gu2
door closer
- 鼓氣gu2 hei3
to puff up
- 鼓板gu2 baan2
clapper-board
- 耳鼓ji5 gu2
eardrum
- 腰鼓jiu1 gu2
waist drum
- 大張旗鼓daai6 zoeng1 kei4 gu2
(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
- 打邊鼓daa2 bin1 gu2
to echo what sb said
- 漁鼓jyu4 gu2
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)