館 (gun2 | guan3 ) : public building

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館

gun2

guan3

[1] public building for accommodation: guesthouse, hostel, inn, etc
[2] public building for cultural activities: indoor stadium, museum, libaries, etc
[3] public building for certain servies: teahouse, photoshop, publishing house, theatre, etc
[4] private mansion; official residence
[5] embassy; consulate; legation
[6] [archaic] private school

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: (#184)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

館 / 馆

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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圖書館 tou4 syu1 gun2 tu2 shu1 guan3 = library

伊館 ji1 gun2 yi1 guan3 = Queen Elizabeth Stadium (伊利沙伯體育館)

餐館 caan1 gun2 can1 guan3 = restaurant

差館 caai1 gun2 = police station 粵

博物館 bok3 mat6 gun2 bo2 wu4 guan3 = museum

咖啡館 gaa3 fe1 gun2 ka1 fei1 guan3 = coffee shop

大使館 daai6 si3 gun2 da4 shi3 guan3 = embassy

賓館 ban1 gun2 bin1 guan3 = guesthouse

展覽館 zin2 laam5 gun2 = exhibition hall; exhibition centre

茶館 caa4 gun2 cha2 guan3 = teahouse; tea shop
See all 88 compounds (CantoDict reports 89 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 8 examples containing 館

我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。粵
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.

我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。粵
We either go the the library or go home.

首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。粵
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.

國立歷史博物館
National Museum of History
[(Name used by Taiwan)]

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。粵
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

他興奮地去圖書館。國
He goes to the library with excitement.
[地 is used as an adjunct after a word]

通常會喺博物館搵到古董粵
Antiques can usually be found in museums.

老師帶我哋去參觀二次大戰博物館同軍人塚。粵
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.

Legend
國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 館
Unicode code for this character: U+9928 (off-site link)

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