鼓
动

To urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral) in Chinese: 鼓动 (gǔ dòng)

gǔ dòng

to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 鼓動1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite
  2. 2to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)

Stroke order

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鼓
动

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨˇ

gǔ

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄨㄥˋ

dòng

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

鼓动

Simplified

鼓動

Traditional

Example sentences

See 鼓动 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他鼓动大家一起去抗议。

    tā gǔ dòng dà jiā yì qǐ qù kàng yì。

    He incited everyone to go protest together.

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Related words

动

dòng

(of sth) to move

鼓

gǔ

drum

运动

yùn dòng

to move

动物

dòng wù

animal

动作

dòng zuò

movement

感动

gǎn dòng

to move (sb)

鼓励

gǔ lì

to encourage

鼓掌

gǔ zhǎng

to applaud

活动

huó dòng

to exercise

激动

jī dòng

to move emotionally

主动

zhǔ dòng

to take the initiative

鼓舞

gǔ wǔ

heartening (news)

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