The Chinese word for drum is
鼓
gǔ
Chinese Definition
| drum | |
| 1. 鼓组、圆柱 |
Translations for drum and their definitions
| 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?)) |
| 堂鼓 | |
| 1. n. tanggu (medium-sized double-headed barrel drum played with two sticks, used in traditional Chinese music) |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary
Pronunciation
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