鼓掌
Pinyin: gǔ zhǎng
to applaud
Example sentence
大家为他鼓掌。
Dàjiā wèi tā gǔzhǎng.
Everyone applauded him.
What 鼓掌 means
鼓掌 (gǔ zhǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “to applaud”. It belongs to the Daily Actions topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.