鼓起

Chinese

		convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (鼓起)		鼓	起
simp. #(鼓起)		鼓	起
anagram		起鼓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔqǐ [Phonetic: gúqǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔcǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-chʻi³
    • Yale: gǔ-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuchii
    • Palladius: гуци (guci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² hei²
    • Yale: gú héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ hei̯³⁵/

Verb

鼓起

1. to bulge; to swell
2. to pluck up; to muster

   鼓起勇氣／鼓起勇气  ―  gǔqǐ yǒngqì  ―  to muster up courage

Synonyms

• (to bulge):

• 凸
• 凸出 (tūchū)
• 凸起 (tūqǐ)
• 暴突
• 突出 (tūchū)
• 鐘腄／钟腄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 高出 (gāochū)
• 鼓 (gǔ)