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弹幕

彈幕
dànmù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 bullet comments (flying on-screen text over videos/livestreams)
  2. 2 danmaku
  3. 3 barrage (military: curtain of projectile fire)

Examples

弹幕太密了,根本看不清视频。
Dànmù tài mì le, gēnběn kàn bù qīng shìpín.
The bullet comments are so dense you can't even see the video.
主播开始念弹幕和观众互动。
Zhǔbō kāishǐ niàn dànmù hé guānzhòng hùdòng.
The streamer started reading bullet comments to interact with viewers.

Tips

culture
Borrowed from Japanese 弾幕 (danmaku, lit. 'bullet curtain'). Defining feature of Bilibili (B站) and NicoNico — comments fly across the screen in real time. Now standard on most Chinese video/livestream platforms.

Stroke Order

弹 dàn
幕 mù