彈幕
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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 (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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dànmù
- Wade–Giles: tan4-mu4
- Yale: dàn-mù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannmuh
- Palladius: даньму (danʹmu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daan6 mok6
- Yale: daahn mohk
- Cantonese Pinyin: daan6 mok9
- Guangdong Romanization: dan6 mog6
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːn²² mɔːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
彈幕
- barrage (artillery bombardment)
- (neologism, Internet) comments on a video that are overlaid on and scroll across a video screen (Classifier: 條／条)