美術館

美術館

See also: 美术馆

Chinese

		fine arts	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
• Min Nan (POJ): bí-su̍t-koán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: měishùguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeishuhgoan
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂu⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ seot⁶ gun²
    • Yale: méih seuht gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ soet⁹ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ sêd⁶ gun²
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ sɵt̚² kuːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-su̍t-kón
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi´ sud gon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ sud⁶ gon³
    • IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ sut̚⁵ kon³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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 sut̚²⁴⁻²² 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

1. art gallery; art museum

Synonyms

• 畫廊／画廊 (huàláng)
• 藝廊／艺廊 (yìláng)

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Japanese

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

Etymology

Compound of 美術 (bijutsu, “art”) + 館 (kan, “public building”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びじゅつ​かん [bìjútsúꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [bʲiʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝkã̠ɴ]

Noun

美術館 (hiragana びじゅつかん, rōmaji bijutsukan)

1. art gallery, art museum

See also

• 博物館 (はくぶつかん) (hakubutsukan): museum

References

1. Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
美	術	館

Noun

美術館 • (misulgwan) (hangeul 미술관)

1. Hanja form^? of 미술관 (“art museum”).