博物館

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See also: 博物馆

Chinese

every manifestation of nature; all living things house; establishment
trad. (博物館) 博物 館
simp. (博物馆) 博物 馆
alternative forms 博物舘

Pronunciation

Note: pag4 muêh8 guêng2 - Chaozhou.

Noun

博物館

  1. (countable) museum (Classifier: 家 m; 間／间)
    海洋博物館／海洋博物馆  ―  hǎiyáng bówùguǎn  ―  maritime museum
    中國國家博物館／中国国家博物馆  ―  Zhōngguó Guójiā Bówùguǎn  ―  National Museum of China

Usage notes

Though 博物館／博物馆 (bówùguǎn) and 博物院 (bówùyuàn) are both translated into English as "museum", it should be noted that the former refers to a museum of any size, while the latter is usually reserved for museums built to a large scale.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
博 物 館
はく
Grade: 4 		ぶつ
Grade: 3 		かん
Grade: 3
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Etymology

博物 (hakubutsu, “wide learning”) +‎ 館 (kan, “building”)

Pronunciation

Noun

博(はく)物(ぶつ)館(かん) • (hakubutsukan) ←はくぶつくわん (fakubutukwan)?

  1. museum

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
博物館

Noun

博物館 • (bangmulgwan) (hangeul 박물관)

  1. Hanja form? of 박물관 (“museum”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
博物館

Noun

博物館

  1. chữ Hán form of bác vật quán (“museum”).
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