| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 鼓 | 皷 | gǔ | - old variant of 鼓[gu3] |
| 鼓 | 鼓 | gǔ | - drum - CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] - to drum - to strike - to rouse - to bulge - to swell |
| 哑鼓 | 啞鼓 | yǎgǔ | - drum practice pad (music) - a practice drum (music) |
| 大鼓 | 大鼓 | dàgǔ | - big bass drum |
| 打鼓 | 打鼓 | dǎgǔ | - to beat a drum - to play a drum - (fig.) to feel nervous |
| 捣鼓 | 搗鼓 | dǎogu | - to fiddle with sth - to trade with sth |
| 更鼓 | 更鼓 | gēnggǔ | - drum marking night watches - night watchman's clapper |
| 板鼓 | 板鼓 | bǎngǔ | - small drum for marking time |
| 渔鼓 | 漁鼓 | yúgǔ | - percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) |
| 石鼓 | 石鼓 | Dàngǔ | - Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan |
| 羯鼓 | 羯鼓 | jiégǔ | - double ended skin drum with a narrow waist |
| 耳鼓 | 耳鼓 | ěrgǔ | - eardrum - tympanum (of the middle ear) - tympanic membrane |
| 腰鼓 | 腰鼓 | yāogǔ | - waist drum - waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance) |
| 花鼓 | 花鼓 | huāgǔ | - flower-drum, a folk art form involving singing and dancing |
| 转鼓 | 轉鼓 | zhuàngǔ | - rotary drum |
| 铃鼓 | 鈴鼓 | línggǔ | - tambourine (musical instrument) - bell and drum |
| 铜鼓 | 銅鼓 | Tónggǔ | - Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi |
| 锣鼓 | 鑼鼓 | luógǔ | - gongs and drums - Chinese percussion instruments |
| 鱼鼓 | 魚鼓 | yúgǔ | - percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) |
| 鼓动 | 鼓動 | gǔdòng | - to agitate - to arouse - to instigate - to encite |
| 鼓励 | 鼓勵 | gǔlì | - to encourage |
| 鼓吹 | 鼓吹 | gǔchuī | - to agitate for - to enthusiastically promote |
| 鼓噪 | 鼓噪 | gǔzào | - din |
| 鼓室 | 鼓室 | gǔshì | - tympanic cavity (of the middle ear) |
| 鼓山 | 鼓山 | Gǔshān | - Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
| 鼓手 | 鼓手 | gǔshǒu | - drummer |
| 鼓掌 | 鼓掌 | gǔzhǎng | - to applaud - to clap |
| 鼓板 | 鼓板 | gǔbǎn | - clapper-board |
| 鼓楼 | 鼓樓 | gǔlóu | - a drum tower - Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc |
| 鼓气 | 鼓氣 | gǔqì | - to puff up - to swell up - to inflate - to blow air into sth - (fig.) to encourage - to support |
| 鼓盆 | 鼓盆 | gǔpén | - lit. to drum on a bowl - refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife - fig. grief for a lost wife |
| 鼓箧 | 鼓篋 | gǔqiè | - beginning-school ceremony (old usage) - classical learning |
| 鼓声 | 鼓聲 | gǔshēng | - sound of a drum - drumbeat |
| 鼓胀 | 鼓脹 | gǔzhàng | - to swell - tympanites |
| 鼓膜 | 鼓膜 | gǔmó | - eardrum - tympanum (of the middle ear) - tympanic membrane |
| 鼓舌 | 鼓舌 | gǔshé | - to wag one's tongue - to speak glibly |
| 鼓舞 | 鼓舞 | gǔwǔ | - heartening (news) - boost (morale) - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 鼓起 | 鼓起 | gǔqǐ | - to drum up - to call up - to muster - to summon up (courage etc) - to stimulate |
| 鼓风 | 鼓風 | gǔfēng | - a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) - blast (in blast furnace) - bellows - to draw air using bellows |
| 鼓点 | 鼓點 | gǔdiǎn | - drum beat - rhythm |
| 鼓鼓 | 鼓鼓 | gǔgǔ | - bulging - bursting |
| 咽鼓管 | 咽鼓管 | yāngǔguǎn | - Eustachian tube (linking pharynx 咽 to tympanic cavity 鼓室 of middle ear) - auditory tube |
| 嗵嗵鼓 | 嗵嗵鼓 | tōngtōnggǔ | - tom-tom (drum) |
| 圆鼓鼓 | 圓鼓鼓 | yuángǔgǔ | - round and bulging - rotund - protruding |
| 大肆鼓 | 大肆鼓 | dàsìgǔ | - to advocate - to praise |
| 定音鼓 | 定音鼓 | dìngyīngǔ | - timpani |
| 打边鼓 | 打邊鼓 | dǎbiāngǔ | - to echo what sb said - to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument) |
| 拨浪鼓 | 撥浪鼓 | bōlànggǔ | - a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) - rattle-drum |
| 敲边鼓 | 敲邊鼓 | qiāobiāngǔ | - to back sb up - to support sb in an argument - (lit. to beat nearby drum) |
| 气鼓鼓 | 氣鼓鼓 | qìgǔgǔ | - seething - fuming |
| 河鼓二 | 河鼓二 | Hégǔèr | - Altair (star) |
| 石鼓区 | 石鼓區 | Dàngǔqū | - Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan |
| 石鼓文 | 石鼓文 | shígǔwén | - early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4] |
| 花鼓戏 | 花鼓戲 | huāgǔxì | - opera form popular along Changjiang |
| 铜鼓县 | 銅鼓縣 | Tónggǔxiàn | - Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi |
| 锣鼓点 | 鑼鼓點 | luógǔdiǎn | - Chinese percussion fixed pattern - percussion rhythm |
| 鼓吹者 | 鼓吹者 | gǔchuīzhě | - advocate |
| 鼓山区 | 鼓山區 | Gǔshānqū | - Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
| 鼓楼区 | 鼓樓區 | Gǔlóuqū | - Drumtower city district (various) - Gulou district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2 jing1 shi4], Jiangsu - Gulou or Drumtower district of Fuzhou city 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 shi4], Fujian |
| 鼓浪屿 | 鼓浪嶼 | Gǔlàngyǔ | - Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2] |
| 鼓眼睛 | 鼓眼睛 | gǔyǎnjīng | - protruding eyes |
| 鼓风机 | 鼓風機 | gǔfēngjī | - bellows - ventilator - air blower |
| 鼓风炉 | 鼓風爐 | gǔfēnglú | - a blast furnace (in modern times) - a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals |
| 鼓点子 | 鼓點子 | gǔdiǎnzi | - drum beat - rhythm |
| 一鼓作气 | 一鼓作氣 | yīgǔzuòqì | - in a spurt of energy |
| 令人鼓舞 | 令人鼓舞 | lìngréngǔwǔ | - encouraging - heartening |
| 偃旗息鼓 | 偃旗息鼓 | yǎnqíxīgǔ | - lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease - to give in |
| 大张旗鼓 | 大張旗鼓 | dàzhāngqígǔ | - with great fanfare |
| 弦而鼓之 | 弦而鼓之 | xiánérgǔzhī | - lit. to tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions - to make one's bed then lie on it |
| 打退堂鼓 | 打退堂鼓 | dátuìtánggǔ | - lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) - fig. to give up - to turn tail |
| 掀风鼓浪 | 掀風鼓浪 | xiānfēnggǔlàng | - to raise a storm - to stir up trouble - to instigate |
| 擂鼓鸣金 | 擂鼓鳴金 | léigǔmíngjīn | - to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat - to egg people on or to call them back |
| 击鼓鸣金 | 擊鼓鳴金 | jīgǔmíngjīn | - to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat - to egg people on or to call them back |
| 敲打锣鼓 | 敲打鑼鼓 | qiāodǎluógǔ | - lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb - a provocation |
| 旗鼓相当 | 旗鼓相當 | qígǔxiāngdāng | - lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched - roughly comparable (opponents) |
| 晨钟暮鼓 | 晨鐘暮鼓 | chénzhōngmùgǔ | - lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress |
| 暮鼓晨钟 | 暮鼓晨鐘 | mùgǔchénzhōng | - lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice - the passage of time in a disciplined existence |
| 朦在鼓里 | 朦在鼓裡 | méngzàigǔlǐ | - variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3] |
| 桴鼓相应 | 桴鼓相應 | fúgǔxiāngyìng | - lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts - closely interrelated |
| 欢欣鼓舞 | 歡欣鼓舞 | huānxīngǔwǔ | - elated and excited (idiom); overjoyed |
| 水力鼓风 | 水力鼓風 | shuǐlìgǔfēng | - hydraulic bellows - water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace) |
| 蒙在鼓里 | 矇在鼓裡 | méngzàigǔlǐ | - variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3] |
| 羯鼓催花 | 羯鼓催花 | jiégǔcuīhuā | - drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom |
| 蒙在鼓里 | 蒙在鼓裡 | méngzàigǔlǐ | - (lit.) kept inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark |
| 重整旗鼓 | 重整旗鼓 | chóngzhěngqígǔ | - lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback - to prepare for new initiatives - to attempt a comeback |
| 开台锣鼓 | 開臺鑼鼓 | kāitáiluógǔ | - opening gong - gong strokes announcing start of opera performance |
| 鼓盆之戚 | 鼓盆之戚 | gǔpénzhīqī | - drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife) - fig. grief for a lost wife |
| 鼓起勇气 | 鼓起勇氣 | gǔqǐyǒngqì | - to take courage |
| 鼓鼓囊囊 | 鼓鼓囊囊 | gǔgunāngnāng | - full and bulging (of a pocket, pouch etc) |
| 不令人鼓舞 | 不令人鼓舞 | bùlìngréngǔwǔ | - discouraging - disheartening |
| 锣齐鼓不齐 | 鑼齊鼓不齊 | luóqígǔbùqí | - lit. the gong is ready, the drum not ready - fig. undermanned or inadequately resourced |
| 听话听声，锣鼓听音 | 聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音 | tīnghuàtīngshēng,luógǔtīngyīn | - to understand the unspoken implications (idiom) |
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