鼓 (gǔ) means Drum (beat - blow - rouse). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
观众都站起来 鼓 掌。
Guānzhòng dōu zhàn qǐlái gǔzhǎng.
The audience all stood up and applauded.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 观众
不要轻易被人 鼓 动。
Bú yào qīngyì bèi rén gǔdòng.
Do not let yourself be stirred up so easily.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 鼓动
老师 鼓 励我参加比赛。
Lǎoshī gǔlì wǒ cānjiā bǐsài.
The teacher encouraged me to enter the competition.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 鼓励
老师的话 鼓 舞了大家。
Lǎoshī de huà gǔwǔ le dàjiā.
The teacher's words encouraged everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 鼓舞
演出结束后大家 鼓 掌。
Yǎnchū jiéshù hòu dàjiā gǔ zhǎng.
Everyone applauded after the performance ended.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 鼓掌
社会应该 鼓 励见义勇为。
Shèhuì yīnggāi gǔlì jiànyìyǒngwéi.
Society should encourage standing up bravely for what is right.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 见义勇为
他的话给了我很大的 鼓 励。
Tā de huà gěi le wǒ hěn dà de gǔlì.
His words gave me great encouragement.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 鼓励
这是一个令人 鼓 舞的消息。
Zhè shì yí ge lìng rén gǔwǔ de xiāoxi.
This is heartening news.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 鼓舞
他 鼓 动大家一起去反映情况。
Tā gǔdòng dàjiā yìqǐ qù fǎnyìng qíngkuàng.
He urged everyone to go and report the situation together.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 鼓动
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From the graded readers
大家 鼓 掌了。
dàjiā gǔzhǎng le / liǎo / liào.
The audience applauded.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
Words that contain 鼓
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 鼓
How is 鼓 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 鼓 (gǔ, "Drum (beat - blow - rouse)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 鼓 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 鼓 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 鼓?
The dictionary page for 鼓 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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