Chinese word dictionary

哑鼓

yǎ gǔ · drum practice pad (music); a practice drum (music)

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Word information

Simplified哑鼓

Traditional啞鼓

Pinyinyǎ gǔ

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

哑yǎ

dumb, mute, hoarse

鼓gǔ

drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse

How to learn 哑鼓

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

鼓励gǔlì

to encourage

鼓gǔ

drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell; old variant of 鼓[gu3]

鼓掌gǔzhǎng

to applaud; to clap

鼓舞gǔwǔ

to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)

鼓动gǔdòng

to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)

哑yǎ

mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud