Chinese word

弹幕

Pronunciation

Pinyindàn mù

Meaning

  • nounon-screen comments

Example

看直播时，弹幕一直在刷。kàn zhí bō shí dàn mù yì zhí zài shuā

When watching a livestream, the on-screen comments keep scrolling.

Illustration for 弹幕 (on-screen comments)

More examples

可以在设置里关闭弹幕，看清画面。ké yǐ zài shè zhì lǐ guān bì dàn mù kàn qīng huà miàn

You can turn off the on-screen comments in settings to see the screen clearly.

Core concept

A stream of brief viewer reactions laid across a video as they arrive, so the audience seems to speak from inside the picture.

Common phrases

  • 打开弹幕dǎ kāi dàn mù

    turn on on-screen comments

  • 关闭弹幕guān bì dàn mù

    turn off on-screen comments

  • 弹幕很多dàn mù hěn duō

    a lot of on-screen comments

Similar words

评论píng lùn: A short opinion or reaction written and posted online.
留言liú yán: A short message or comment left for someone on a website or platform.
私信sī xìn: A private message sent only to a particular person.

Definition in Chinese

指在视频或直播中，观众以简短文字实时发送并呈现在屏幕上作为横向滚动或固定显示的评论，作为即时交流的一种方式。zhǐ zài shì pín huò zhí bō zhōng guān zhòng yǐ jián duǎn wén zì shí shí fā sòng bìng chéng xiàn zài píng mù shàng zuò wéi héng xiàng gǔn dòng huò gù dìng xiǎn shì de píng lùn zuò wéi jí shí jiāo liú de yì zhǒng fāng shì

Word origin

弹幕 (dànmù, "bullet curtain") first described dense projectiles filling a shooting-game screen and then came to describe dense viewer comments crossing or covering a video.

Usage tips

  • For English speakers, this means comments that appear during the video itself, not a subtitle track or a comment box below it, so each message shows a reaction at that moment.

Related words

  • 弹幕文化dàn mù wén huàon-screen comment culturenoun

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