| 鼓 | [ gǔ ] drum, CL:通[tong4],面[mian4], to drum, to strike, to rouse, to bulge, to swell |
| 鼓動 | [ gǔ dòng ] to agitate, to arouse, to instigate, to encite |
| 鼓勵 | [ gǔ lì ] to encourage |
| 鼓吹 | [ gǔ chuī ] to agitate for, to enthusiastically promote |
| 鼓吹者 | [ gǔ chuī zhě ] advocate |
| 鼓噪 | [ gǔ zaò ] din |
| 鼓室 | [ gǔ shì ] tympanic cavity (of the middle ear) |
| 鼓山 | [ gǔ shān ] Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
| 鼓山區 | [ gǔ shān qū ] Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
| 鼓手 | [ gǔ shoǔ ] drummer |
| 鼓打貝斯 | [ gǔ dǎ beì sī ] drum and bass (music genre) |
| 鼓掌 | [ gǔ zhǎng ] to applaud, to clap |
| 鼓搗 | [ gǔ dao ] to tinker with, to incite |
| 鼓板 | [ gǔ bǎn ] clapper-board |
| 鼓樓 | [ gǔ loú ] a drum tower, Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc |
| 鼓樓區 | [ gǔ loú qū ] 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 |
| 鼓氣 | [ gǔ qì ] to puff up, to swell up, to inflate, to blow air into sth, (fig.) to encourage, to support |
| 鼓浪嶼 | [ gǔ làng yǔ ] Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2] |
| 鼓盆 | [ gǔ pén ] 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 |
| 鼓盆之戚 | [ gǔ pén zhī qī ] drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife), fig. grief for a lost wife |
| 鼓眼睛 | [ gǔ yǎn jīng ] protruding eyes |
| 鼓箱 | [ gǔ xiāng ] see 箱鼓[xiang1 gu3] |
| 鼓篋 | [ gǔ qiè ] beginning-school ceremony (old usage), classical learning |
| 鼓聲 | [ gǔ shēng ] sound of a drum, drumbeat |
| 鼓脹 | [ gǔ zhàng ] to swell, tympanites |
| 鼓膜 | [ gǔ mó ] eardrum, tympanum (of the middle ear), tympanic membrane |
| 鼓舌 | [ gǔ shé ] to wag one's tongue, to speak glibly |
| 鼓舞 | [ gǔ wǔ ] heartening (news), to boost (morale), CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 鼓起 | [ gǔ qǐ ] to summon one's (courage, faith etc), to puff up (one's cheeks etc), to bulge, to swell out |
| 鼓起勇氣 | [ gǔ qǐ yǒng qì ] to summon one's courage |
| 鼓足勇氣 | [ gǔ zú yǒng qì ] to summon one's courage |
| 鼓風 | [ gǔ fēng ] a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal), blast (in blast furnace), bellows, to draw air using bellows |
| 鼓風機 | [ gǔ fēng jī ] bellows, ventilator, air blower |
| 鼓風爐 | [ gǔ fēng lú ] a blast furnace (in modern times), a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals |
| 鼓點 | [ gǔ diǎn ] drum beat, rhythm |
| 鼓點子 | [ gǔ diǎn zi ] drum beat, rhythm |
| 鼓鼓 | [ gǔ gǔ ] bulging, bursting |
| 鼓鼓囊囊 | [ gǔ gu nāng nāng ] full and bulging (of a pocket, pouch etc) |
| ⇒ 一鼓作氣 | [ yī gǔ zuò qì ] in a spurt of energy |
| ⇒ 不令人鼓舞 | [ bù lìng rén gǔ wǔ ] discouraging, disheartening |
| ⇒ 令人鼓舞 | [ lìng rén gǔ wǔ ] encouraging, heartening |
| ⇒ 偃旗息鼓 | [ yǎn qí xī gǔ ] lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease, to give in |
| ⇒ 吹鼓手 | [ chuī gǔ shoǔ ] (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession, (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises, booster |
| ⇒ 咽鼓管 | [ yān gǔ guǎn ] Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear), auditory tube |
| ⇒ 啞鼓 | [ yǎ gǔ ] drum practice pad (music), a practice drum (music) |
| ⇒ 嗵嗵鼓 | [ tōng tōng gǔ ] tom-tom (drum) |
| ⇒ 圓鼓鼓 | [ yuán gǔ gǔ ] round and bulging, rotund, protruding |
| ⇒ 圓鼓鼓 | [ yuán gǔ gǔ ] round and bulging, rotund, protruding |
| ⇒ 大張旗鼓 | [ dà zhāng qí gǔ ] with great fanfare |
| ⇒ 大肆鼓 | [ dà sì gǔ ] to advocate, to praise |
| ⇒ 大鼓 | [ dà gǔ ] bass drum |
| ⇒ 定音鼓 | [ dìng yīn gǔ ] timpani |
| ⇒ 小鼓 | [ gǔ ] snare drum |
| ⇒ 弦而鼓之 | [ xián ér gǔ zhī ] 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 | [ dǎ tuì táng gǔ ] lit. to beat the return drum (idiom), fig. to give up, to turn tail |
| ⇒ 打邊鼓 | [ dǎ biān gǔ ] to echo what sb said, to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument) |
| ⇒ 打鼓 | [ dǎ gǔ ] to beat a drum, to play a drum, (fig.) to feel nervous |
| ⇒ 掀風鼓浪 | [ xiān fēng gǔ làng ] to raise a storm, to stir up trouble, to instigate |
| ⇒ 搗鼓 | [ daǒ gu ] to fiddle with sth, to trade with sth |
| ⇒ 撥浪鼓 | [ bō lang gǔ ] a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy), rattle-drum |
| ⇒ 擂鼓鳴金 | [ leí gǔ míng jīn ] 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 |
| ⇒ 擊鼓傳花 | [ jī gǔ chuán huā ] beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) |
| ⇒ 擊鼓鳴金 | [ jī gǔ míng jīn ] 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 |
| ⇒ 敲打鑼鼓 | [ dǎ luó gǔ ] lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb, a provocation |
| ⇒ 敲邊鼓 | [ biān gǔ ] to back sb up, to support sb in an argument, (lit. to beat nearby drum) |
| ⇒ 旗鼓相當 | [ qí gǔ xiāng dāng ] lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched, roughly comparable (opponents) |
| ⇒ 晨鐘暮鼓 | [ chén zhōng mù gǔ ] lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress |
| ⇒ 暮鼓晨鐘 | [ mù gǔ chén zhōng ] lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice, the passage of time in a disciplined existence |
| ⇒ 更鼓 | [ gēng gǔ ] drum marking night watches, night watchman's clapper |
| ⇒ 朦在鼓裡 | [ méng zaì gǔ lǐ ] variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3] |
| ⇒ 木箱鼓 | [ mù xiāng gǔ ] cajón (musical instrument) |
| ⇒ 板鼓 | [ bǎn gǔ ] small drum for marking time |
| ⇒ 架子鼓 | [ jià zi gǔ ] drum kit |
| ⇒ 桴鼓相應 | [ fú gǔ xiāng yìng ] lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts, closely interrelated |
| ⇒ 歡欣鼓舞 | [ huān xīn gǔ wǔ ] elated and excited (idiom); overjoyed |
| ⇒ 氣鼓鼓 | [ qì gǔ gǔ ] seething, fuming |
| ⇒ 氣鼓鼓 | [ qì gǔ gǔ ] seething, fuming |
| ⇒ 水力鼓風 | [ shuǐ lì gǔ fēng ] hydraulic bellows, water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace) |
| ⇒ 河鼓二 | [ hé gǔ èr ] Altair (star) |
| ⇒ 波浪鼓 | [ bō lang gǔ ] variant of 撥浪鼓|拨浪鼓[bo1 lang5 gu3] |
| ⇒ 漁鼓 | [ yú gǔ ] percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) |
| ⇒ 爵士鼓 | [ jué shì gǔ ] drum kit (Tw) |
| ⇒ 當面鑼，對面鼓 | [ dāng miàn luó duì miàn gǔ ] lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom), fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face |
| ⇒ 矇在鼓裡 | [ méng zaì gǔ lǐ ] variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3] |
| ⇒ 石鼓 | [ dàn gǔ ] Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan |
| ⇒ 石鼓區 | [ dàn gǔ qū ] Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan |
| ⇒ 石鼓文 | [ shí gǔ wén ] early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4] |
| ⇒ 筒鼓 | [ tǒng gǔ ] tom-tom drum (drum kit component) |
| ⇒ 箱鼓 | [ xiāng gǔ ] cajón (musical instrument) |
| ⇒ 羯鼓 | [ jié gǔ ] double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist |
| ⇒ 羯鼓催花 | [ jié gǔ cuī huā ] drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom |
| ⇒ 耳鼓 | [ ěr gǔ ] eardrum, tympanum (of the middle ear), tympanic membrane |
| ⇒ 聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音 | [ tīng huà tīng shēng luó gǔ tīng yīn ] to understand the unspoken implications (idiom) |
| ⇒ 腰鼓 | [ yaō gǔ ] waist drum, waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance) |
| ⇒ 花鼓 | [ huā gǔ ] flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum, folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze, (bicycle wheel) hub |
| ⇒ 花鼓戲 | [ huā gǔ xì ] opera form popular along Changjiang |
| ⇒ 落地鼓 | [ luò dì gǔ ] floor tom (drum kit component) |
| ⇒ 蒙在鼓裡 | [ méng zaì gǔ lǐ ] lit. kept inside a drum (idiom), fig. completely in the dark |
| ⇒ 轉鼓 | [ zhuàn gǔ ] rotary drum |
| ⇒ 重整旗鼓 | [ chóng zhěng qí gǔ ] lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback, to prepare for new initiatives, to attempt a comeback |
| ⇒ 鈴鼓 | [ líng gǔ ] tambourine (musical instrument), bell and drum |
| ⇒ 銅鼓 | [ tóng gǔ ] Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi |
| ⇒ 銅鼓 | [ tóng gǔ ] bronze drum, (Western-style) drum |
| ⇒ 銅鼓縣 | [ tóng gǔ xiàn ] Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi |
| ⇒ 鑼鼓 | [ luó gǔ ] gongs and drums, Chinese percussion instruments |
| ⇒ 鑼鼓點 | [ luó gǔ diǎn ] Chinese percussion fixed pattern, percussion rhythm |
| ⇒ 鑼齊鼓不齊 | [ luó qí gǔ bù qí ] not well coordinated (idiom) |
| ⇒ 開臺鑼鼓 | [ kaī taí luó gǔ ] opening gong, gong strokes announcing start of opera performance |
| ⇒ 魚鼓 | [ yú gǔ ] percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) |
| ⇒ 鼓鼓 | [ gǔ gǔ ] bulging, bursting |
| ⇒ 鼓鼓囊囊 | [ gǔ gu nāng nāng ] full and bulging (of a pocket, pouch etc) |
