美術館

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See also: 美术馆

Chinese

		fine arts; painting	house; establishment
trad. (美術館)		美術	館
simp. (美术馆)		美术	馆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měishùguǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ seot⁶ gun²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-su̍t-kón
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-su̍t-koán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měishùguǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měishùguǎn
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-shu⁴-kuan³
  - Yale: měi-shù-gwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeishuhgoan
  - Palladius: мэйшугуань (mɛjšuguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ seot⁶ gun²
  - Yale: méih seuht gún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ soet⁹ gun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ sêd⁶ gun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ sɵt̚² kuːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-su̍t-kón
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ sud gon^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ sud⁶ gon³
  - Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁵ kon³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-su̍t-koán
  - Tâi-lô: bí-su̍t-kuán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bysudkoarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚⁴⁻³² kuan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sut̚²⁴⁻² kuan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kuan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚⁴⁻³² kuan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sut̚⁴⁻³² kuan⁴¹/

Noun

美術館

art gallery; art museum

Synonyms

畫廊／画廊 (huàláng)
藝廊／艺廊 (yìláng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	術	館
び Grade: 3	じゅつ Grade: 5	かん Grade: 3
kan'on	goon	on'yomi

美術館 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Compound of 美(び)術(じゅつ) (bijutsu, “art”) + 館(かん) (kan, “public building”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びじゅつかん (Nakadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

美(び)術(じゅつ)館(かん) • (bijutsukan) ^{←びじゆつくわん (bizyutukwan)^?}

art gallery, art museum

See also

博(はく)物(ぶつ)館(かん) (hakubutsukan): museum

References

^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
美	術	館

Noun

美術館 • (misulgwan) (hangeul 미술관)

hanja form^? of 미술관 (“art museum”)

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