太鼓

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
simp. and trad. (太鼓)		太	鼓

Etymology

From Japanese 太鼓 (taiko).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàigǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàigǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-ku³
    • Yale: tài-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayguu
    • Palladius: тайгу (tajgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 太古 太鼓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taai³ gu²
    • Yale: taai gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 太古 太鼓

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 太鼓

1. (music) taiko drums

See also

• 大鼓 (dàgǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	鼓
たい Grade: 2	こ Grade: S
on'yomi

太鼓

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 太 (tai, “big, fat, thick”) +‎ 鼓 (ko, “drum”).

Noun

太(たい)鼓(こ) • (taiko) 

1. (music) a drum
2. more specifically, one of various sizes of traditional Japanese drums
3. a drumbeat, the sound of a drum as a signal

Synonyms

• (drums in general): ドラム (doramu)