Chinese

Noun

博物館

1. 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 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)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) はくぶ​つかん [hàkúbúꜜtsùkàǹ] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯᵝbɯᵝt͡sɯ̥ᵝkã̠ɴ]

Noun

博物館 ‎(hiragana はくぶつかん, romaji hakubutsukan)

1. museum

See also

• 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
• 美術館 (びじゅつかん) ‎(bijutsukan): art museum

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

博物館 • ‎(bangmulgwan) ‎(hangeul 박물관)

1. Hanja form^? of 박물관, “museum”.