鼓掌

Chinese

		convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat	palm (of hand); in charge of
simp. and trad. (鼓掌)		鼓	掌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gǔzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄓㄤˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu³ zang³
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² zoeng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-chióng / kó͘-chiáng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔzhǎng [Phonetic: gúzhǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-chang³
  - Yale: gǔ-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guujaang
  - Palladius: гучжан (gučžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    股掌
    股長 / 股长
    鼓掌
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: gu³ zang³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guzang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵³ t͡saŋ⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu² zoeng²
  - Yale: gú jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu² dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu² zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chióng
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-tsióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofciorng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chiáng
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-tsiáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofciarng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaŋ⁵³/

Verb

鼓掌

to applaud; to clap; to put one's hands together
起立鼓掌 ― qǐlì gǔzhǎng ― to give a standing ovation

給傅老師鼓個掌。 [MSC, trad.]
给傅老师鼓个掌。 [MSC, simp.]
Gěi Fù lǎoshī gǔ ge zhǎng. [Pinyin]
Give Teacher Fu a round of applause.

演得不錯，給你鼓鼓掌吧！ [MSC, trad.]
演得不错，给你鼓鼓掌吧！ [MSC, simp.]
Yǎn de bùcuò, gěi nǐ gǔ gǔzhǎng ba! [Pinyin]
Bravo! I'll put my hands together for you!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拍手 (“to applaud”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		拊手
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拍手, 鼓掌
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鼓掌, 拍巴掌兒
	Taiwan	拍手
	Harbin	拍手兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拍巴掌, 拍呱兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	拍手, 拍巴掌
	Wanrong	拍手
	Xi'an	拍手
	Xining	拍手
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	拍手
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	拍手, 拍巴掌
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	拍手, 拍巴掌, 拍巴巴掌, 鼓掌
	Wuhan	拍手, 拍巴掌
	Guiyang	拍巴掌
	Liuzhou	拍手
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	拍手, 拍巴掌
	Yangzhou	拍巴掌
	Hefei	拍巴掌
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拍手, 拍手掌
	Hong Kong	拍手
	Dongguan	拍手
	Yangjiang	拍手
Gan	Nanchang	拍巴掌
	Lichuan	拍巴腫
	Pingxiang	打巴子
Hakka	Meixian	拍手, 拍掌
	Yudu	打巴掌
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拍手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拍手, 拍手仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拍手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拍手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	拍手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	拍手
Huizhou	Jixi	拍手
Jin	Taiyuan	拍手
Jin	Xinzhou	拍手
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拍手
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拍掌
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍噗仔
	Quanzhou	拍噗仔
	Jinjiang	拍噗仔
	Zhangzhou	拍噗仔
	Taipei	拍噗仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	拍噗仔
	Kaohsiung	拍噗仔
	Yilan	拍噗仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	拍噗仔
	Taichung	拍噗仔, 拍匹噗仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拍噗仔
	Tainan	拍噗仔
	Taitung	拍噗仔
	Hsinchu	拍噗仔
	Kinmen	拍噗仔
	Penghu (Magong)	拍噗
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍手
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍噗
	Manila (Hokkien)	拍噗仔
	Chaozhou	拍噗
	Shantou	拍噗
	Jieyang	拍噗
	Puning	鼓掌
	Haikou	拍手
Central Min	Yong'an	拍手掌
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拍手
Wu	Shanghai	拍手
	Shanghai (Chongming)	拍手
	Suzhou	拍手
	Danyang	拍手
	Hangzhou	拍手
	Ningbo	拍手
	Wenzhou	拍掌, 拍手
	Jinhua	拍手
Xiang	Changsha	拍手, 拍手板, 拍巴掌
	Loudi	拍手板心
	Shuangfeng	拍手板

Derived terms

鼓掌歡呼 / 鼓掌欢呼