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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 拨浪鼓
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 拨浪鼓 | bō lang gǔ | - rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 42,105 | 66,610 | 66,578 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 拨 | bō | - to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc - to dial - to allocate - to set aside (money) - to poke (the fire) - to pluck (a string instrument) - to turn round - classifier: group, batch |
| 浪 | làng | - wave - breaker - unrestrained - dissipated - to stroll - to ramble |
| 鼓 | gǔ | - drum - CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] - to drum - to strike - to rouse - to bulge - to swell |
| 鼓 | gǔ | - old variant of 鼓[gu3] |
Other Words Containing 拨浪鼓
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 拨浪鼓 | - | - | 42,105 | 66,610 | 66,578 |