Chinese symbol for “applaud”
鼓掌
gǔ zhǎng
to applaud; to clap
The closest CC-CEDICT match for applaud is 鼓掌 (gǔ zhǎng), defined as: to applaud; to clap.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “applaud”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叫好 | jiào hǎo | to applaud; to cheer |
| 彩 | cǎi | (bright) color; variety |
| 夸奖 (誇獎) | kuā jiǎng | to praise; to applaud |
| 抃 | biàn | to applaud |
| 抃掌 | biàn zhǎng | to clap; to applaud |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鼓掌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼓励 (鼓勵) | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 鼓舞 | gǔ wǔ | to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale) |
| 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote |
| 鼓动 (鼓動) | gǔ dòng | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings |
| 打鼓 | dǎ gǔ | to beat a drum; to play a drum |
| 掌握 | zhǎng wò | to grasp (often fig.); to control |
| 掌控 | zhǎng kòng | to control; in control of |
| 掌声 (掌聲) | zhǎng shēng | applause; 阵 (zhèn) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “applaud”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.