| 鼓 | gǔ | convex; drum; to rouse; to beat; CL:通,面 |
| 鼓励 | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 鼓舞 | gǔ wǔ | heartening (news); boost (morale); CL:个 |
| 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote |
| 鼓动 | gǔ dòng | to agitate; to arouse; to instigate; to encite |
| 鼓风机 | gǔ fēng jī | bellows; ventilator; air blower |
| 鼓掌 | gǔ zhǎng | to applaud; to clap |
| 鼓风 | gǔ fēng | a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal); blast (in blast furnace); bellows; to draw air using bellows |
| 锣鼓 | luó gǔ | gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments |
| 大鼓 | dà gǔ | big bass drum |
| 鼓风炉 | gǔ fēng lú | a blast furnace (in modern times); a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals |
| 欢欣鼓舞 | huān xīn gǔ wǔ | elated and excited (idiom); overjoyed |
| 大张旗鼓 | dà zhāng qí gǔ | fanfare |
| 打鼓 | dǎ gǔ | to beat a drum; to play a drum; (fig.) to feel nervous |
| 鼓噪 | gǔ zào | din |
| 鼓楼 | gǔ lóu | a drum tower; Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc |
| 鼓膜 | gǔ mó | eardrum; tympanum (of the middle ear); tympanyic membrane |
| 重整旗鼓 | chóng zhěng qí gǔ | lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback; to prepare for new initiatives; to attempt a comeback |
| 一鼓作气 | yī gǔ zuò qì | to take on a task and complete it with one sustained effort |
| 不令人鼓舞 | bù lìng rén gǔ wǔ | discouraging; disheartening |
| 令人鼓舞 | lìng rén gǔ wǔ | encouraging; heartening |
| 偃旗息鼓 | yǎn qí xī gǔ | lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease; to give in |
| 咽鼓管 | yān gǔ guǎn | Eustachian tube (linking pharynx 咽 to tympanic cavity 鼓室 of middle ear); auditory tube |
| 哑鼓 | yǎ gǔ | drum practice pad (music); a practice drum (music) |
| 圆鼓鼓 | yuán gǔ gǔ | round and bulging; rotund; protruding |
| 大肆鼓 | dà sì gǔ | to advocate; to praise |
| 定音鼓 | dìng yīn gǔ | timpani |
| 弦而鼓之 | xián ér gǔ zhī | lit. to tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions; to make one's bed then lie on it |
| 掀风鼓浪 | xiān fēng gǔ làng | to raise a storm; to stir up trouble; to instigate |
| 捣鼓 | dǎo gu | to fiddle with sth; to trade with sth |
| 拨浪鼓 | bō làng gǔ | a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy); rattle-drum |
| 擂鼓鸣金 | léi gǔ míng jīn | to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat; to egg people on or to call them back |
| 击鼓鸣金 | jī gǔ míng jīn | to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat; to egg people on or to call them back |
| 敲打锣鼓 | qiāo dǎ luó gǔ | lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb; a provocation |
| 敲边鼓 | qiāo bian gǔ | to back sb up; to support sb in an argument; (lit. to beat nearby drum) |
| 旗鼓相当 | qí gǔ xiāng dāng | lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched; roughly comparable (opponents) |
| 晨钟暮鼓 | chén zhōng mù gǔ | lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress |
| 暮鼓晨钟 | mù gǔ chén zhōng | lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice; the passage of time in a disciplined existence |
| 更鼓 | gēng gǔ | drum marking night watches; night watchman's clapper |
| 朦在鼓里 | méng zài gǔ lǐ | variant of 蒙在鼓里; lit. kept hoodwinked inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark |
| 板鼓 | bǎn gǔ | small drum for marking time |
| 桴鼓相应 | fú gǔ xiāng yìng | lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts; closely interrelated |
| 气鼓鼓 | qì gǔ gǔ | seething; fuming |
| 水力鼓风 | shuǐ lì gǔ fēng | hydraulic bellows; water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace) |
| 渔鼓 | yú gǔ | percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) |
| 蒙在鼓里 | méng zài gǔ lǐ | it. kept hoodwinked inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark; lit. kept hoodwinked inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark |
| 石鼓 | Dàn gǔ | Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡阳市, Hunan |
| 石鼓区 | Dàn gǔ qū | Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡阳市, Hunan |
| 石鼓文 | shí gǔ wén | early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆 |
| 羯鼓 | jié gǔ | double ended skin drum with a narrow waist |
