How to say “museum” in Chinese

博物馆

bówùguǎn

museum

noun · HSK 5 · topic “Leisure and experiences”

“Museum” in Chinese is 博物馆, bó wù guǎn: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

博物馆 is read bó wù guǎn: 3 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

bó — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

wù — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”

guǎn — 3rd tonelow, dipping and rising a little

How to write it

博

bó — broad, rich

On the left, 十 “ten”. 博士 — “broadly learned”, that is, a doctorate.

物

wù — thing

On the left, 牛 “ox”; on the right, 勿 wù hints at the sound.

馆

guǎn — establishment

On the left, 饣 “food”.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “博物馆”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 博物馆. Tap the sound icon to listen.

明天我们去参观博物馆吧。míngtiānwǒmenqùcānguānbówùguǎnbaLet's go to the museum tomorrow.
周末我们去博物馆欣赏国画吧zhōumòwǒmenqùbówùguǎnxīnshǎngguóhuàbaLet's go to the museum this weekend to see some Chinese painting.
除周一外，博物馆每天开放。chúzhōuyīwài,bówùguǎnměitiānkāifàngThe museum is open daily except Mondays.
请问，博物馆周一开放吗？qǐngwèn,bówùguǎnzhōuyīkāifàngmaExcuse me, is the museum open on Mondays?
这家旧工厂被改造成了博物馆。zhèjiājiùgōngchǎngbèigǎizàochénglebówùguǎnThis old factory was turned into a museum.

More words from the lesson “At the museum”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “museum” in Chinese?

“Museum” in Chinese is 博物馆, pinyin bówùguǎn.

What does 博物馆 mean?

博物馆 (bówùguǎn) means “museum”.

How do you write 博物馆?

博物馆 is 3 characters: 博 (bó) — broad, rich; 物 (wù) — thing; 馆 (guǎn) — establishment. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 博物馆?

博物馆 is read bówùguǎn. Tones: bó — second tone, wù — fourth tone, guǎn — third tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“museum” in the lesson “At the museum”

This word is from the topic “Leisure and experiences” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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