博物館

See also: 博物馆

Chinese

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 博物館 (はくぶつかん) (hakubutsukan).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bówùguǎn
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ mat⁶ gun²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pok-vu̍t-kón
Min Dong (BUC): báuk-ŭk-guāng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phok-bu̍t-koán / pok-bu̍t-koán
(Teochew, Peng'im): pag⁴ muêh⁸ guêng² / pag⁴ muêh⁸ guang²
Wu (Wiktionary): poq veq kuoe (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bówùguǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borwuhgoan
  - IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ u⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (博物館兒／博物馆儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: bówùguǎnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borwuhgoal
  - IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ u⁵¹ kwɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bok³ mat⁶ gun²
  - Yale: bok maht gún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ mat⁹ gun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³ med⁶ gun²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ mɐt̚² kuːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pok-vu̍t-kón
  - Hakka Romanization System: bog` vud gon`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bog⁵ vud⁶ gon³
  - IPA: /pok̚² vut̚⁵ kon³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: báuk-ŭk-guāng
  - IPA ^(key): /pouʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ uʔ⁵⁻³³ kuaŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (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 but̚²⁴⁻²² 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
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰak̚²⁻⁴ mueʔ⁴⁻² kueŋ⁵²/, /pʰak̚²⁻⁴ mueʔ⁴⁻² kuaŋ⁵²/

Note: pag4 muêh8 guêng2 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: poq veq kuoe (T4)
  - IPA ^(key): /pʊʔ³³ v̻əʔ⁵⁵ kv̩ʷø²¹/

Noun

博物館

博物館

museum (Classifier: 家 m; 間／间)
海洋博物館 / 海洋博物馆 ― hǎiyáng bówùguǎn ― maritime museum

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)

Derived terms

博物館學／博物馆学 (bówùguǎnxué)

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) はくぶつかん [hàkúbútsúꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) はくぶつかん [hàkúbúꜜtsùkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨ̥ᵝkã̠ɴ]

Noun

博物館 (hiragana はくぶつかん, rōmaji hakubutsukan, historical hiragana はくぶつくわん)

museum

Derived terms

科学博物館 (かがくはくぶつかん) (kagaku hakubutsukan): science museum
歴史博物館 (れきしはくぶつかん) (rekishi hakubutsukan): history museum

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →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

Hán tự in this word
博	物	館

Noun

博物館

Hán tự form of bác vật quán.

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN