BGM

English

Etymology

From Japanese BGM, an initialism of English background music.

Noun

BGM (countable and uncountable, plural BGMs)

(music) Initialism of background music, occasionally used with reference to Japanese media (video games, television, etc.).

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese BGM, an initialism of English background music.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìjì'áim

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄞˊ ˙ㄇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bi¹ zi¹ em¹
Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi¹ ri¹ êm¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: BGM
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄞˊ ˙ㄇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìjì-áim̊
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chi⁴-ai²-m⁵
  - Yale: bì-jì-ái-m
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjihairm5
  - Palladius: бицзиайм (bicziajm)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ m̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bi¹ zi¹ em¹
  - Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bi¹ dzi¹ em¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bi¹ ji¹ ém¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ ɛːm⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhi¹ ri¹ êm¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bi ji em
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi³³⁻²³ d͡zi³³⁻²³ em³³/

Noun

BGM

(music) background music

Derived terms

自帶BGM／自带BGM (zìdài bìjì'áim)

Japanese

Etymology

From バックグラウンドミュージック, from English background music.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ビージーエム [bìíjííéꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [bʲiːʑiːe̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

BGM(ビージーエム) • (bījīemu)

(music) Initialism of バックグラウンドミュージック (“background music”).

Descendants

→ English: BGM
→ Chinese: BGM

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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