博物院

Chinese

		all living things; natural science	courtyard; institution
simp. and trad. (博物院)		博物	院

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bówùyuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ mat⁶ jyun^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): phok-bu̍t-īⁿ / pok-bu̍t-īⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bówùyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borwuhyuann
  - IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bok³ mat⁶ jyun^6-2
  - Yale: bok maht yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ mat⁹ jyn^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³ med⁶ yun²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ mɐt̚² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-bu̍t-īⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phok-bu̍t-īnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phokbud'vi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ but̚²⁴⁻²² ĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ĩ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴⁻³² ĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴⁻³² ĩ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok-bu̍t-īⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pok-bu̍t-īnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pokbud'vi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴⁻³² ĩ²²/

Noun

博物院

museum (Classifier: 家)

故宮博物院 / 故宫博物院 ― gùgōng bówùyuàn ― Palace 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

博物館／博物馆 (bówùguǎn)

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