BGM

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

BGM

1. (rail transport) The station code of Belagavi railway station in India.

Etymology 2

From Japanese BGM (BGM), an initialism of English background music.

Noun

BGM (countable and uncountable, plural BGMs)

1. (music) Initialism of background music, occasionally used with reference to Japanese media (video games, television, etc.).

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese BGM (BGM), an initialism of English background music.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìjì'áim

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄞㄇˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bi¹ zi¹ em¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi¹ ri¹ êm¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: BGM
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄞㄇˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìjì-áim
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chi⁴-aim²
    • Yale: bì-jì-áim
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjihaim2
    • Palladius: бицзиайм (bicziajm)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯m³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bi¹ zi¹ em¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bi¹ dzi¹ em¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bi¹ ji¹ ém¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ ɛːm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhi¹ ri¹ êm¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bi ji em
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi³³⁻²³ d͡zi³³⁻²³ em³³/

Noun

BGM

1. (music) background music

Derived terms

• 自帶BGM／自带BGM (zìdài bìjì'áim)

 

Japanese

Etymology

From バックグラウンドミュージック, from English background music.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ビージーエ​ム [bìíjííéꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [bʲiːʑiːe̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

BGM(ビージーエム) • (bījīemu) 

1. (music) Initialism of バックグラウンドミュージック (“background music”).

Descendants

• → English: BGM
• → Chinese: BGM