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鼓掌

gǔ zhǎng

HSK 4 2-character word

What 鼓掌 means

1. to applaud
2. to clap

The characters in 鼓掌

• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw

Example sentences

• 众人鼓掌。
  Everybody applauded.
• 汤姆鼓掌。
  Tom applauded.
• 学生们鼓掌。
  The students applauded.
• 我们为表演者鼓掌。
  We gave the performer a round of applause.
• 所有的观众都站起来鼓掌。
  Suǒyǒu de guānzhòng dōu zhànqǐlai gǔzhǎng.
  The whole audience got up and started to applaud.
• 我进屋的时候，他们都鼓掌了。
  Wǒ jìn wū de shíhou, tāmen dōu gǔzhǎng le.
  When I entered the house, they all applauded.

Words containing 鼓掌

• 为爱鼓掌wèi ài gǔ zhǎng(neologism; slang) to have sex

Sounds the same

Read gǔ zhǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 股长person in charge of a 股; head; chief
• 股掌(have sb in) the palm of one's hand; fig. (under) one's complete control