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鼓手gǔ shǒu
drummer
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
鼓手 | gǔshǒu | |
1. n. drummer | ||
English > Chinese | ||
drummer | ||
1. 鼓手 | ||
Components | ||
鼓 | gǔ | |
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 | 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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gǔ shǒu
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