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)
simp. (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


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: )
    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)
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