Chinese word

字幕

Pronunciation

Pinyinzì mù

Meaning

  • nounsubtitles

Example

这个视频有字幕吗？zhè ge shì pín yǒu zì mù ma

Does this video have subtitles?

Illustration for 字幕 (subtitles)

More examples

如果想听原声，可以把字幕关掉。rú guǒ xiǎng tīng yuán shēng ké yǐ bǎ zì mù guān diào

If you want to hear the original audio, you can turn off the subtitles.

Core concept

A visible layer of words that follows spoken content or adds information to a video.

Common phrases

  • 添加字幕tiān jiā zì mù

    add subtitles

  • 关闭字幕guān bì zì mù

    turn off subtitles

  • 带字幕dài zì mù

    with subtitles

Similar words

译文yì wén: A written text translated from an original text into another language.
配音pèi yīn: Recorded speech that replaces the original dialogue or explanation in a video.
旁白páng bái: An off-screen voice that explains events or a person's feelings in a video.
标题biāo tí: Short text at the top of a page or screen that shows its subject.

Definition in Chinese

用于影视或网络视频中，随着语音同步或作为补充信息出现在屏幕上的文字。yòng yú yǐng shì huò wǎng luò shì pín zhōng suí zhe yǔ yīn tóng bù huò zuò wéi bǔ chōng xìn xī chū xiàn zài píng mù shàng de wén zì

Word origin

字幕 (zìmù, "subtitles") is formed from 字 (zì, "written character") + 幕 (mù, "curtain"), linking written characters with text spread across a screen.

Usage tips

  • In Chinese video menus, this noun often names a feature that can be turned on or off, so it appears in settings phrases as well as in conversation.

Other meanings

  • captionsnoun
  • on-screen textnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 字幕翻译zì mù fān yìsubtitle translationnoun
  • 字幕制作zì mù zhì zuòsubtitle productionnoun

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