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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 打鼓

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
打鼓 dǎ gǔ - to beat a drum
- to play a drum
- (fig.) to feel nervous

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 17,453 36,288 22,191

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (loanword) dozen
- Taiwan pr. [da3]
- to beat
- to strike
- to hit
- to break
- to type
- to mix up
- to build
- to fight
- to fetch
- to make
- to tie up
- to issue
- to shoot
- to calculate
- to play (a game)
- since
- from
- drum
- CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]
- to drum
- to strike
- to rouse
- to bulge
- to swell
- old variant of 鼓[gu3]

Other Words Containing 打鼓

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
打鼓 - - 17,453 36,288 22,191