鼓 gǔ

1. gǔ noun a drum
   Domain: Music 音乐 , Concept: Percussion Instrument 打击乐器
   Notes: (Guoyu '鼓' n 1; Unihan '鼓')
2. gǔ verb to tap; to beat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鼓' v 1; Unihan '鼓')
3. gǔ verb to shake
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鼓' v 2)
4. gǔ noun Kangxi radical 207
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Drum (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '鼓' n 2)
5. gǔ verb to encourage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鼓' v 3)

Contained in

• 板鼓 small drum for marking time
• 金鼓旌旗 gongs and drums, banners and flags
• 箱鼓 cajón (musical instrument)
• 击鼓骂冤(擊鼓罵冤) to strike a drum at an official's door
• 捣鼓(搗鼓) to fiddle with something; to trade with
• 鼓舌 to wag one's tongue; to speak glibly
• 鼓箧(鼓篋) beginning-school ceremony (old usage); classical learning
• 大张旗鼓(大張旗鼓) to wave a huge flag
• 锣鼓(鑼鼓) gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments
• 鼓声(鼓聲) sound of a drum; drumbeat
• 鼓起勇气(鼓起勇氣) to summon one's courage
• 钲鼓(鉦鼓) gong to retreat and drum to advance
• 水力鼓风(水力鼓風) hydraulic bellows; water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace)
• 鱼鼓(魚鼓) percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish
• 锣齐鼓不齐(鑼齊鼓不齊) not well coordinated
• 旗鼓 flag and drum ; arms at the ready
• 鼓风炉(鼓風爐) a blast furnace (in modern times); a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals
• 打退堂鼓 to beat the return drum; to give up; to turn tail
• 鼓琴 to play a stringed instrument
• 腰鼓 waist drum ; waist-drum dance
• 敲鼓 to beat a drum
• 圆鼓鼓(圓鼓鼓) round and bulging; rotund; protruding
• 更鼓 drum marking night watches; night watchman's clapper
• 羯鼓 double ended skin drum with a narrow waist
• 花鼓 a drum dance
• 鼓板 clapper-board
• 鸣鼓大噪(鳴鼓大噪) sound the drums and make a great noise
• 桴鼓相应(桴鼓相應) the hammer fits the drum; appropriate relation between the different parts; closely interrelated
• 鼓乐(鼓樂) to play music
• 打边鼓(打邊鼓) to echo what somebody said; to back somebody up from the sidelines (in an argument)
• 落地鼓 floor tom (drum kit component)
• 擂鼓 to beat a drum [with vigor]
• 大肆鼓 to advocate; to praise
• 一鼓作气(一鼓作氣) in a spurt of energy
• 鼓眼睛 protruding eyes
• 鼓手 drummer
• 鼓掌 to clap hands; to applaud
• 擂鼓鸣金(擂鼓鳴金) to beat the drum and sound the gong; to order an advance or retreat
• 鼓浪屿(鼓浪嶼) Gulangyu
• 渔鼓(漁鼓) percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
• 铃鼓(鈴鼓) tambourine
• 大鼓 bass drum
• 旗鼓相望 troops opposing each other in battle
• 架子鼓 drum kit
• 河鼓二 Altair (star)
• 鼓胀(鼓脹) to swell; tympanites
• 定音鼓 timpani; kettledrums

Also contained in

鼓楼区 、 铜鼓县 、 登闻鼓院 、 击鼓骂曹

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Truncated for common words

• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 820
• 卷一百二十八 志第八十一 樂三 Volume 128 Treatises 81: Music 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 119
• 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 History of Song 宋史 — count: 72
• 卷二十九 志第九: 音樂二 Volume 29 Treatises 9: Music 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 70
• 卷15　志第10 音樂下 Volume 15 Treatises 10: Music 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 68
• 卷一百二十九 志第八十二 樂四 Volume 129 Treatises 82: Music 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 55
• 卷二十一　　　　志第十一　　　禮樂十一 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 46
• 卷十六　　　　　志第六　　　　禮樂六 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rites and Music 6 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 36
• 卷一百二十六 志第七十九 樂一 Volume 126 Treatises 79: Music 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 卷一百四十七 志第一百 儀衞五 Volume 147 Treatises 100: Ceremonial Guards 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35

Collocations

• 鼓钟 (鼓鐘) 鼓鍾 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧鼓鍾 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Gu Zhong — count: 12
• 鼓瑟 (鼓瑟) 何不日鼓瑟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧山有樞 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Shan You Shu — count: 9
• 伐鼓 (伐鼓) 鉦人伐鼓 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧采芑 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Cai Qi — count: 9
• 鼓用 (鼓用) 鼓用牲于社 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
• 鼓人 (鼓人) 鼓人或請以城叛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
• 鼓在 (鼓在) 縣鼓在西 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — count: 5
• 建鼓 (建鼓) 建鼓整列 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 衅鼓 (釁鼓) 不以纍臣釁鼓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 鼓不成 (鼓不成) 不鼓不成列 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 鼓譟 (鼓譟) 請鼓譟以出 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4