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Meaning of 鼓

Pinyin gǔ

Radical

鼓

Strokes

Definition

convex / drum / to rouse / to beat

Usage

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鼓 (gǔ) <名> 1. A percussion instrument, cylindrical, hollow, and covered with skin at both ends. (En. drum) 例: 鼓乐 (percussion music), 角鼓 (horn drum), 大鼓 (big drum). 2. Something shaped, sounding, or functioning like a drum. (En. drum-like) 例: 耳鼓 (eardrum), 石鼓 (stone drum). 3. To strike or beat to produce sound. (En. beat) 例: 鼓吹 (to blow on a drum), 鼓噪 (to beat and make noise). 4. To inspire or rally someone; to motivate. (En. inspire) 例: 鼓励 (to encourage), 鼓动 (to incite), 鼓舞 (to uplift). 5. To rise or bulge. (En. bulge) 例: 鼓包 (bulging bag), 鼓胀 (to swell). 6. An ancient method of telling time at night by beating drums, with one beat indicating a watch. (En. ancient timekeeping with drums) <动> 1. To beat the drums in an attack or offensive. (En. drum to attack) 例: 鼓行 (to march while beating the drum). 2. To broadly refer to striking or playing. (En. strike or sound) 例: 鼓腹讴歌 (to sing while patting one's belly). 3. To open or unlock. (En. open) 例: 鼓箧 (to open a book box). 4. To brandish. (En. brandish) 例: 鼓刀 (to brandish a butcher's knife). 5. To shake. (En. shake) 例: 鼓棹 (to row with a paddle). 6. To agitate or incite. (En. incite) 例: 鼓动 (to incite). 7. To provoke or excite. (En. rouse) 例: 鼓励 (to encourage). 8. To flap or shake. (En. flap) 例: 鼓掌 (to clap hands). 9. To bulge or swell. (En. bulge) 例: 鼓腹 (to bulge the belly). 10. To fan. (En. fan) 例: 鼓风 (to fan). 古国名、古代量器名、许多引经据典也在此略有提及。 (En. including references to ancient states and measurement units.)

吹鼓手 chuī gǔ shǒu

(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster

咽鼓管 yān gǔ guǎn

Eustachian tube (linking pharynx 咽 to tympanic cavity 鼓室 of middle ear) / auditory tube

锣鼓喧天 luó gǔ xuān tiān

a deafening sound of gongs and drums

鼓乐喧天 gǔ yuè xuān tiān

a great din of drums and pipes / Loud music fills the air.

鼓噪 gǔ zào

din

鼓浪屿 Gǔ làng yǔ

Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2]

鼓吹 gǔ chuī

to agitate for / to enthusiastically promote

鼓励性 gǔ lì xìng

incentive / encouraging

鼓励奖 gǔ lì jiǎng

consolation prize / award of encouragement

鼓捣 gǔ dǎo

to tinker with / to incite

捣鼓 dǎo gu

to fiddle with sth / to trade with sth

鼓掌 gǔ zhǎng

to applaud / to clap

擂鼓 léi gǔ

Beat the drum

敲锣打鼓 qiāo luó dǎ gǔ

to the accompaniment of gongs and drums / with eagerness and zest

敲边鼓 qiāo biān gǔ

to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum)

大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ

with great fanfare

旗鼓相当 qí gǔ xiāng dāng

lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched / roughly comparable (opponents)

暮鼓晨钟 mù gǔ chén zhōng

lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence

鼓槌 gǔ chuí

drumstick

偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ

lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in

鼓励 gǔ lì

to encourage

欢欣鼓舞 huān xīn gǔ wǔ

elated and excited (idiom); overjoyed

渔鼓 yú gǔ

percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)

胶柱鼓瑟 jiāo zhù gǔ sè

stick to old ways stubbornly in the face of changed circumstances

羯鼓 jié gǔ

double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist

鼓胀 gǔ zhàng

to swell / tympanites

胀鼓鼓 zhàng gǔ gǔ

Bulging

鼓乐 gǔ yuè

strains of music accompanied by drumbeats

鼓膜 gǔ mó

eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane

鼓舞 gǔ wǔ

heartening (news) / to boost (morale) / CL:個|个[ge4]

蒙在鼓里 méng zài gǔ lǐ

lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark

锣鼓 luó gǔ

gongs and drums / Chinese percussion instruments

钟鼓 zhōng gǔ

Bell and drum

铃鼓 líng gǔ

tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum

铜鼓 tóng gǔ

bronze drum / (Western-style) drum

紧锣密鼓 jǐn luó mì gǔ

wildly beating gongs and drums / (amid) a din of drums and gongs / intense publicity campaign in preparation for some sinister undertaking, etc.

锣鼓声 luó gǔ shēng

Gongs and drums

锣鼓点 luó gǔ diǎn

Chinese percussion fixed pattern / percussion rhythm

密锣紧鼓 mì luó jǐn gǔ

wildly beating gongs and drums / a din of drums and gongs / intense publicity campaign in preparation for some sinister undertaking / intense preparation

锣鼓队 luó gǔ duì

Gongs and drums

鼓动 gǔ dòng

to agitate / to arouse / to instigate / to encite

打鼓 dǎ gǔ

to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous

鼓声 gǔ shēng

sound of a drum / drumbeat

鼓乐声 gǔ yuè shēng

Drums

战鼓 zhàn gǔ

war drum / battle drum

鼓楼 gǔ lóu

a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc

大鼓 dà gǔ

bass drum

击鼓 jī gǔ

drum / tuck / beat a drum