| 1 | 鼓励 | 鼓勵 | gǔ lì | gu3 li4 | to encourage | | |
| 2 | 鼓舞 | 鼓舞 | gǔ wǔ | gu3 wu3 | heartening (news); to boost (morale); Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 鼓吹 | 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | gu3 chui1 | to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote | | |
| 4 | 鼓 | 鼓 | gǔ | gu3 | drum; Classifiers: 通 ; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell; old variant of 鼓 | | |
| 5 | 鼓动 | 鼓動 | gǔ dòng | gu3 dong4 | to agitate; to arouse; to instigate; to encite | | |
| 6 | 鼓起 | 鼓起 | gǔ qǐ | gu3 qi3 | to summon one's (courage, faith etc); to puff up (one's cheeks etc); to bulge; to swell out | | |
| 7 | 鼓掌 | 鼓掌 | gǔ zhǎng | gu3 zhang3 | to applaud; to clap | | |
| 8 | 鼓捣 | 鼓搗 | gǔ dao | gu3 dao5 | to tinker with; to incite | | |
| 9 | 鼓箧 | 鼓篋 | gǔ qiè | gu3 qie4 | beginning-school ceremony (old usage); classical learning | | |
| 10 | 鼓盆之戚 | 鼓盆之戚 | gǔ pén zhī qī | gu3 pen2 zhi1 qi1 | drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 庄子 grieving for his lost wife); fig. grief for a lost wife | | |
| 11 | 鼓山 | 鼓山 | gǔ shān | Gu3 shan1 | Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市 , south Taiwan | | |
| 12 | 鼓山区 | 鼓山區 | gǔ shān qū | Gu3 shan1 qu1 | Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市 , south Taiwan | | |
| 13 | 鼓舌 | 鼓舌 | gǔ shé | gu3 she2 | to wag one's tongue; to speak glibly | | |
| 14 | 鼓声 | 鼓聲 | gǔ shēng | gu3 sheng1 | sound of a drum; drumbeat | | |
| 15 | 鼓室 | 鼓室 | gǔ shì | gu3 shi4 | tympanic cavity (of the middle ear) | | |
| 16 | 鼓手 | 鼓手 | gǔ shǒu | gu3 shou3 | drummer | | |
| 17 | 鼓箱 | 鼓箱 | gǔ xiāng | gu3 xiang1 | see 箱鼓 | | |
| 18 | 鼓眼睛 | 鼓眼睛 | gǔ yǎn jīng | gu3 yan3 jing1 | protruding eyes | | |
| 19 | 鼓噪 | 鼓噪 | gǔ zào | gu3 zao4 | din | | |
| 20 | 鼓胀 | 鼓脹 | gǔ zhàng | gu3 zhang4 | to swell; tympanites | | |
| 21 | 鼓足干劲 | 鼓足幹勁 | gǔ zú gàn jìn | gu3 zu2 gan4 jin4 | to exert the utmost effort (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 鼓嘴弄舌 | 鼓嘴弄舌 | gǔ zuǐ nòng shé | gu3 zui3 nong4 she2 | to wag one's tongue (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 鼓气 | 鼓氣 | gǔ qì | gu3 qi4 | to puff up; to swell up; to inflate; to blow air into sth; (fig.) to encourage; to support | | |
| 24 | 鼓起勇气 | 鼓起勇氣 | gǔ qǐ yǒng qì | gu3 qi3 yong3 qi4 | to summon one's courage | | |
| 25 | 鼓盆 | 鼓盆 | gǔ pén | gu3 pen2 | lit. to drum on a bowl; refers to Zhuangzi 庄子 grieving for his lost wife; fig. grief for a lost wife | | |