to applaud; to clap

old variant of 鼓[gu3]

to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)

drummer

to summon one's courage

variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3]

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

to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)

sound of a drum; drumbeat

to summon one's (courage, faith etc); to puff up (one's cheeks etc); to bulge; to swell out

to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote

lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail

drum practice pad (music); a practice drum (music)

bass drum

snare drum

to fiddle with sth; to trade with sth

drum marking night watches; night watchman's clapper

small drum for marking time

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

see 石鼓區|石鼓区[Shi2 gu3 Qu1]

toner cartridge

tom-tom drum (drum kit component)

cajón (musical instrument)

double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist

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

waist drum; waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance)

flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum; folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze; (bicycle wheel) hub

rotary drum

tambourine (musical instrument); bell and drum

see 銅鼓縣|铜鼓县[Tong2 gu3 Xian4]

bronze drum; (Western-style) drum

gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments

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

to bulge; to swell; a bulge; a swelling

(in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle); to create a clamor; to make a din; to kick up a fuss about

tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)

Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan

to tinker with; to incite

clapper-board

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

to puff up; to swell up; to inflate; to blow air into sth; (fig.) to encourage; to support

drumbeat; drum rhythm; drumming pattern

lit. to drum on a bowl; refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife; fig. grief for a lost wife

beginning-school ceremony (old usage); classical learning

see 箱鼓[xiang1 gu3]

to swell; tympanites

eardrum; tympanic membrane

to wag one's tongue; to speak glibly

a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal); blast (in blast furnace); bellows; to draw air using bellows