巫毒鼓

Chinese

		phonetic	convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
trad. (巫毒鼓)		巫毒	鼓
simp. #(巫毒鼓)		巫毒	鼓

Computer-generated image of 巫毒鼓 (wūdúgǔ)

Etymology

From Igbo ùdù (“vessel”) + 鼓 (gǔ, “drum”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūdúgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūdúgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wudúgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-tu²-ku³
    • Yale: wū-dú-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: udwuguu
    • Palladius: удугу (udugu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ tu³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

巫毒鼓

1. udu drum (percussion instrument made from clay)

   Hypernym: 鼓 (gǔ)

See also

• 傳訊鼓／传讯鼓 (chuánxùngǔ)
• 巫毒教 (wūdújiào, “voodoo”)