旁白 (páng bái) — (in a play, film, etc.) an aside; voiceover; narration

Definition

Examples

• 在话剧里，旁白是角色直接对观众说的话。
  Zài huà jù lǐ, páng bái shì jué sè zhí jiē duì guān zhòng shuō de huà.
  In a play, an aside is a line spoken directly to the audience by a character.
• 这部电影的旁白是由一位著名演员录制的。
  Zhè bù diàn yǐng de páng bái shì yóu yí wèi zhù míng yǎn yuán lù zhì de.
  The voiceover for this film was recorded by a famous actor.
• 导演在剧本中加了一段旁白来解释主角的心理活动。
  Dǎo yǎn zài jù běn zhōng jiā le yí duàn páng bái lái jiě shì zhǔ jué de xīn lǐ huó dòng.
  The director added a narration segment in the script to explain the protagonist's inner thoughts.