The Chinese word for drummer is
鼓手

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Chinese Definition

drummer
1. 鼓手
Components
鼓
1. (musical instrument) drum
鼓手 - drummer
2. to drum; to beat a drum
3. (literary) to play; to perform; to sound (a musical instrument)
4. to beat; to clap
鼓掌 - to clap hands
5. to incite; to encourage
鼓勵 - to encourage
6. to protrude; to bulge
7. (attention, zh, also "drum set" (classifier 套?))
手
1. hand
2. expert; master
高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
手機 - mobile phone
手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.