打鼓

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
simp. and trad. (打鼓)		打	鼓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá-kú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎgǔ [Phonetic: dágǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-ku³
    • Yale: dǎ-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daaguu
    • Palladius: дагу (dagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² gu²
    • Yale: dá gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ kuː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: da^ˋ gu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: da³ gu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ ku³¹/

Verb

打鼓

1. (literal) to play the drums
2. (figurative) to be nervous; to feel uneasy

Synonyms

• (to play the drums): (Hokkien, Teochew) 拍鼓, 敲鼓, 挵鼓, 擂鼓