博物館

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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bówùguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бәвугуан (bəvuguan, I-II-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ mat⁶ gun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pok-vu̍t-kón
• Eastern Min (BUC): báuk-ŭk-guāng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phok-bu̍t-koán / pok-bu̍t-koán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pag⁴ muêh⁸ guêng² / pag⁴ muêh⁸ guang²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷poq-veq-kuoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bówùguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bówùguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: po²-wu⁴-kuan³
    • Yale: bwó-wù-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borwuhgoan
    • Palladius: бо’угуань (bo’uguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ u⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (博物館兒 / 博物馆儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bówùguǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bówùguǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: po²-wu⁴-kuan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bwó-wù-gwǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borwuhgoal
    • Palladius: бо’угуаньр (bo’uguanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ u⁵¹ ku̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бәвугуан (bəvuguan, I-II-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pə²⁴ vou⁵¹ kuæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³ mat⁶ gun²
    • Yale: bok maht gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ mat⁹ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³ med⁶ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ mɐt̚² kuːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pok-vu̍t-kón
    • Hakka Romanization System: bog^ˋ vud gon^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bog⁵ vud⁶ gon³
    • Sinological IPA: /pok̚² vut̚⁵ kon³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: báuk-ŭk-guāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pouʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ uʔ⁵⁻³³ kuaŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-bu̍t-koán
    • Tâi-lô: phok-bu̍t-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phokbudkoarn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴⁻³² kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ but̚²⁴⁻² kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴⁻³² kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kuan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok-bu̍t-koán
    • Tâi-lô: pok-bu̍t-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pokbudkoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴⁻³² kuan⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pag⁴ muêh⁸ guêng² / pag⁴ muêh⁸ guang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phak mue̍h kuéng / phak mue̍h kuáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰak̚²⁻⁴ mueʔ⁴⁻² kueŋ⁵²/, /pʰak̚²⁻⁴ mueʔ⁴⁻² kuaŋ⁵²/

Note: pag4 muêh8 guêng2 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷poq-veq-kuoe
    • MiniDict: poh^入 veh kuoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴poq-veq-kuoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /poʔ³³ vəʔ⁵⁵ kuø²¹/

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.

Synonyms

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• 博物院 (bówùyuàn)
• 死景 (Singapore Hokkien)

 

• (Dungan) музей (muzi͡əy)

Derived terms

• 博物館學 / 博物馆学 (bówùguǎnxué)
• 國博 / 国博 (Guóbó)

 

Descendants

• → Lingao: bɔk⁸ vət⁸ kuan⁴
• → Zhuang: bozvuzgvanj

Japanese

Kanji in this term
博	物	館
はく Grade: 4	ぶつ Grade: 3	かん Grade: 3
on'yomi	kan'on	on'yomi

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博物館

Wikipedia ^ja

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくぶつかん [hàkúbútsúꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) はくぶつかん [hàkúbúꜜtsùkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟bɯ̟t͡sɨ̥kã̠ɴ]

Noun

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

1. museum

Derived terms

• 科(か)学(がく)博(はく)物(ぶつ)館(かん) (kagaku hakubutsukan): science museum
• 歴(れき)史(し)博(はく)物(ぶつ)館(かん) (rekishi hakubutsukan): history museum

See also

• 美(び)術(じゅつ)館(かん) (bijutsukan): art museum

References

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
3. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (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

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”).