Chinese symbol for “museum”
博物馆
bó wù guǎn
Traditional: 博物館
museum
The closest CC-CEDICT match for museum is 博物馆 (bó wù guǎn), defined as: museum.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “museum”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 博物馆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade |
| 博客 | bó kè | (loanword) a blog; a blogger |
| 微博 | wēi bó | microblogging; microblog |
| 赌博 (賭博) | dǔ bó | to gamble |
| 博览会 (博覽會) | bó lǎn huì | an exposition; an international fair |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
| 图书馆 (圖書館) | tú shū guǎn | library; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “museum”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.