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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: tàigǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayguu
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    太古
    太鼓
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: taai³ gu²
  - Yale: taai gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ gu²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    太古
    太鼓

Noun

太鼓

(music) taiko drums

See also

大鼓 (dàgǔ)

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”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) たいこ [tàíkó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ta̠iko̞]

Noun

太鼓 (hiragana たいこ, rōmaji taiko)

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

Synonyms

(drums in general): ドラム (doramu)

References

1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

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