鼓风 (gǔ fēng) — to blow air (with bellows, fan, etc.), to stoke (a fire), to fan

Definition

鼓风 means to blow or pump air into something (a fire, a furnace) — usually with a bellows or fan to stoke it. The object 风 is what makes it different from just 吹: it targets a continuous stream of air into a fire or machine.

verb
to blow air (with bellows, fan, etc.)to stoke (a fire)to fan

Examples

  • 鼓风，。
    Tā yòng shàn zi gěi huǒ duī gǔ fēng, ràng huǒ gèng wàng.
    He used a fan to blow air onto the fire to make it burn brighter.
  • ，。
    Tiě jiàng gǔ le bàn xiǎo shí fēng, tiě kuài cái biàn hóng.
    The blacksmith worked the bellows for half an hour before the iron turned red.
  • 鼓风，。
    Bié yì zhí gǔ fēng, xiǎo xīn bǎ huī chuī dé dào chù dōu shì.
    Don't keep blowing air, or you'll blow ash everywhere.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

鼓gǔblow
风fēngair

鼓 (blow) acts on 风 (air) to mean fan or stoke.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 壴壴zhùdrum
  • 支支zhīhand holding drumstick

鼓 combines 壴, a drum, with 支, a hand holding a drumstick, so the character pictures a drum being struck.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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