BGM - Wiktionary

English

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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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BGM

1. (rail transport) The station code of Belagavi railway station in India.

Etymology 2

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From Japanese BGM (BGM), an initialism of English background music.

Alternative forms

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• bgm

Noun

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BGM (countable and uncountable, plural BGMs)

1. (music) Initialism of background music.

Usage notes

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Occasionally used with reference to Japanese media (video games, television, etc.).

Anagrams

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• MGB, GMB, GBM

Chinese

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Etymology

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From Japanese BGM (BGM), an initialism of English background music.

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin (Pinyin): bìjì'áim (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄞㄇˊ
• Cantonese (Jyutping): bi1 zi1 em1
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi1 ri1 êm1

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)+
    • Hanyu Pinyin: BGM
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄞㄇˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìjì-áim
    • Wade–Giles: pi4-chi4-aim2
    • Yale: bì-jì-áim
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjihaim2
    • Palladius: бицзиайм (bicziajm)
    • Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯m³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
    • Jyutping: bi1 zi1 em1
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bi1 dzi1 em1
    • Guangdong Romanization: bi1 ji1 ém1
    • Sinological IPA (key): /piː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ ɛːm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhi1 ri1 êm1
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bi ji em
    • Sinological IPA (key): /bi³³⁻²³ d͡zi³³⁻²³ em³³/

Noun

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BGM

1. (music) background music

Derived terms

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• 自帶BGM / 自带BGM (zìdài bìjì'áim)

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /beˈɡe.ɛm/, [beˈɡe.ɛm]

Noun

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BGM (plural BGM-BGM)

1. (medicine) initialism of bawah garis merah (literally “below the red line”), as extreme value borders are colored by red in Indonesian growth chart.

Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:BGMWikipedia ja

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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BGM(ビージーエム) • (bījīemu) 

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

Descendants

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• → English: BGM
• → Chinese: BGM

References

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1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN