彈幕

See also: 弾幕 and 弹幕

Chinese

		bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach	stage curtain; tent
trad. (彈幕)		彈	幕
simp. (弹幕)		弹	幕

Etymology

The second sense is borrowed from Japanese, where a comparison was drawn between 弾幕(だんまく) (danmaku, also used to describe the type of bullet fire in "bullet hell" video games) and the presentation of comments on Niconico Douga (which was later adopted by Chinese video sites such as bilibili).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan⁶ mok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dànmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannmuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànmù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan⁶ mok⁶
    • Yale: daahn mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶ mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶ mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /täːn²² mɔːk̚²/

Noun

彈幕

1. barrage (artillery bombardment)
2. (neologism, Internet) comments on a video that are overlaid on and scroll across a video screen (Classifier: 條／条)

   隱藏彈幕 / 隐藏弹幕  ―  yǐncáng dànmù  ―  hide scrolling comments

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彈幕):

• → Japanese: 弾幕(だんまく) (danmaku)
• → Korean: 탄막 (彈幕, tanmak)