Chinese word

背景音乐

Pronunciation

Pinyinbèi jǐng yīn yuè

Meaning

  • nounbackground music

Example

电影的背景音乐让人流泪。diàn yǐng de bèi jǐng yīn yuè ràng rén liú lèi

The movie's background music makes people cry.

Illustration for 背景音乐 (background music)

More examples

开会时请把背景音乐关闭。kāi huì shí qǐng bǎ bèi jǐng yīn yuè guān bì

Please turn off the background music during the meeting.

Core concept

A musical layer that supports a scene, story, or message while staying behind the main content.

Common phrases

  • 会议的背景音乐huì yì de bèi jǐng yīn yuè

    the meeting's background music

  • 关闭背景音乐guān bì bèi jǐng yīn yuè

    turn off the background music

  • 轻柔的背景音乐qīng róu de bèi jǐng yīn yuè

    gentle background music

Similar words

配乐pèi yuè: Music created or selected to fit a media work and help carry its scenes and story.
BGM: Short music played behind videos or streams and often repeated.
插曲chā qǔ: A song added during a story to make a scene or feeling more memorable.

Definition in Chinese

用于电影、广播、游戏、广告等媒体中，作为场景或情绪的铺垫，与画面或叙事同步播放的陪衬性音乐。yòng yú diàn yǐng guǎng bō yóu xì guǎng gào děng méi tǐ zhōng zuò wéi cháng jǐng huò qíng xù de pū diàn yǔ huà miàn huò xù shì tóng bù bō fàng de péi chèn xìng yīn yuè

Word origin

背景音乐 (bèijǐngyīnyuè, "background music") is a transparent compound of 背景 (bèijǐng, "background") + 音乐 (yīnyuè, "music"), so its meaning is music serving as a backdrop.

Usage tips

  • In Chinese media talk, this noun applies naturally to videos, games, advertisements, and broadcasts, not only to films, which makes it useful beyond cinema vocabulary.

Related words

  • 背景音bèi jǐng yīnbackground soundnoun

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