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

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

(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)^?}

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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)

hanja form^? of 박물관 (“museum”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
博	物	館

Noun

博物館

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

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK7-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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