腰鼓

Chinese

		waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle	convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
trad. (腰鼓)		腰	鼓
simp. #(腰鼓)		腰	鼓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāogǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ gu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io-kó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāogǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaogǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-ku³
    • Yale: yāu-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauguu
    • Palladius: яогу (jaogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 腰骨 腰鼓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹ gu²
    • Yale: yīu gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: io-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioi'kor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴¹/

Noun

腰鼓

1. waist-drum
2. waist-drum dance

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (腰鼓):

• → Japanese: 腰鼓(ようこ) (yōko)
• → Korean: 요고(腰鼓) (yogo)

Japanese

腰鼓 (yōko, koshitsuzumi, kuretsuzumi): a performer in the Jidai Matsuri, carrying a double-headed drum of the yōko / koshitsuzumi / kuretsuzumi type.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
腰	鼓
よう Grade: S	こ Grade: S
kan'on

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 腰鼓 (MC 'jiew kuX, literally “waist + drum”). First cited in Japanese to a text from 780.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よーこ [yóꜜòkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːko̞]

Noun

腰(よう)鼓(こ) • (yōko) ^{←えうこ (euko)?}

1. [from 780] a type of double-headed drum used in 伎楽 (gigaku, a type of traditional Japanese dance drama), with a narrow waist and circular leather covers on both ends, hung horizontally from the neck to the waist with a long string, and played by striking both sides with both hands

   Synonyms: 呉鼓 (kuretsuzumi, uncommon), 腰鼓 (koshitsuzumi, uncommon)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
腰	鼓
こし Grade: S	つづみ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Compound of 腰 (koshi, “hip, waist”) +‎ 鼓 (tsuzumi, “drum”).

First cited to a text from roughly 1180.

This reading may be archaic; dictionaries that usually include pitch accent information for modern entries do not list any pitch for this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɕit͡sɨzɨmʲi]

Noun

腰(こし)鼓(つづみ) • (koshitsuzumi) 

1. [from late 1100s] (uncommon, possibly archaic) a type of double-headed drum used in 伎楽 (gigaku, a type of traditional Japanese dance drama), with a narrow waist and circular leather covers on both ends, hung horizontally from the neck to the waist with a long string, and played by striking both sides with both hands

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
腰	鼓
くれ Grade: S	つづみ Grade: S
irregular	kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 腰鼓 – see the following entry.

【呉鼓くれつづみ】 [noun] Synonym of 腰鼓 (yōko): a type of double-headed drum used in 伎楽 (gigaku, a type of traditional Japanese dance drama), with a narrow waist and circular leather covers on both ends, hung horizontally from the neck to the waist with a long string, and played by striking both sides with both hands

(This term, 腰鼓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)