鼓掌 (gǔ zhǎng) means “to applaud; to clap”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
观众们热烈鼓掌。
Guānzhòng men rèliè gǔzhǎng.
The audience applauded warmly.
Updated: 2026-05-27