手鼓

shǒugǔ
noun #31,181

Measure Word

一面手鼓 miàn

Meanings

  1. 1 hand drum
  2. 2 tambourine
  3. 3 frame drum (especially the Uyghur dap/daf)

Examples

Tā zài tiàowǔ shí yībiān qiāodǎ shǒugǔ.
She beat the hand drum while dancing.
Xīnjiāng de Wéiwú'ěr zú shàncháng yǎnzòu shǒugǔ.
The Uyghurs of Xinjiang are skilled at playing the hand drum.

Tips

culture
手鼓 covers any drum played directly with the hand, but in a Chinese context most often refers to the Uyghur (dapu / daf) — a single-headed frame drum strung with metal rings, central to the (Muqam) musical tradition of Xinjiang. The measure word (miàn, literally 'face') is used because you count flat/round-faced objects this way.

Stroke Order

shǒu