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鼓手
gǔ shǒu



鼓手
drummer


Definitions

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鼓手gǔshǒu
     1. n. drummer
English > Chinese
drummer
     1. 鼓手
Components
     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?))
shǒu
     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.
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