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Chinese
Pronunciation
Note: pag4 muêh8 guêng2 - Chaozhou.
Noun
博物館
- (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.
Synonyms
- 博物院 (bówùyuàn)
- 死景 (Singapore Hokkien)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
博物 (hakubutsu, “wide learning”) + 館 (kan, “building”)
Pronunciation
Noun
博物館 • (hakubutsukan) ←はくぶつくわん (fakubutukwan)?
- museum
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
博物館 • (bangmulgwan) (hangeul 박물관)
- hanja form? of 박물관 (“museum”)
Vietnamese
Noun
博物館
- chữ Hán form of bác vật quán (“museum”).