彈幕

See also: 弾幕 and 弹幕

Chinese
 
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 (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 that scroll across the video screen
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