HSK 5 · Media

博物馆 bówùguǎn “museum” in Chinese

Traditional 博物館

What 博物馆 means

  1. museum

How to say 博物馆

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale博bó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale物wù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale馆guǎn3rd tone, dipping

博物馆 in a sentence

  1. 我们上周参观了博物馆。

    Wǒmen shàngzhōu cānguān le bówùguǎn.

    We visited the museum last week.

    Sentence #874700 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 艺术博物馆在这附近吗？

    Yìshù bówùguǎn zài zhè fùjìn ma?

    Is the art museum near here?

    Sentence #5672775 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我几乎不去博物馆。

    Wǒ jīhū bú qù bówùguǎn.

    I hardly ever go to museums.

    Sentence #8832693 from Tatoeba

How 博物馆 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 博 (bó) with each of its parts in a different colour
博bóabundant; plentiful; extensive; wide
  • 十ten · shíMeaning part
  • 尃to announce · fūSound part

十 hints at the meaning (ten); 尃 (fū) hints at the sound. Compare it with bó.

The character 物 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
物wùthing
  • 牛cow · niúMeaning part
  • 勿must not · wùSound part

牛 hints at the meaning (cow); 勿 (wù) hints at the sound. Compare it with wù.

Memory aidAn ox 牛, which the oldest Chinese dictionary calls the largest of things, with 勿 (wù) for the sound: a thing.

The character 馆 (guǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
馆guǎnbuilding
  • 饣eat form of 食 · shí
  • 官official · guān

Memory aidFood 饣 with 官 (guān) for the sound: once a guest house, now a public building.

How to write 博物馆

博 12 strokes · 物 8 strokes · 馆 11 strokes

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博物馆 (bówùguǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 博物馆 (bówùguǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 博物馆

Words with 博

博士bóshì · doctorate赌博dǔbó · to gamble博览会bólǎnhuì · exhibition博大精深bódàjīngshēn · broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)

Words with 物

动物dòngwù · animal礼物lǐwù · gift动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo购物gòuwù · shopping植物zhíwù · plant宠物chǒngwù · house pet人物rénwù · figure食物shíwù · food物理wùlǐ · physics物质wùzhì · matter

Words with 馆

宾馆bīnguǎn · hotel饭馆fànguǎn · restaurant图书馆túshūguǎn · library体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium大使馆dàshǐguǎn · embassy领事馆lǐngshìguǎn · consulate

More words: Media & Arts

报社bàoshè · newspaper office播放bōfàng · to broadcast采访cǎifǎng · to interview出版chūbǎn · to publish传说chuánshuō · legend动画片dònghuàpiàn · animated film传记zhuànjì · biography著作zhùzuò · written work

FAQs

博物馆 (bówùguǎn) means “museum”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bówùguǎn: bó with a 2nd tone, then wù with a 4th tone, then guǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 博物馆 is written 博物館. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bowuguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 博物馆 from the suggestions. Typing bowuguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
博物馆 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.