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博物

bó wù

2-character word

What 博物 means

1. natural science

The characters in 博物

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…

Example sentences

• 博物馆在哪里？
  Where is the museum?
• 博物馆的入口在哪？
  Bówùguǎn de rùkǒu zài nǎ?
  Where's the entrance to the museum?
• 这里离博物馆多远？
  How far is it from here to the museum?
• 博物馆入口在哪里？
  Where is the entrance to the museum?
• 我几乎不去博物馆。
  I hardly ever go to museums.
• 这城里有没有博物馆？
  Is there a museum in this town?

Words starting with 博物

• 博物馆bó wù guǎnmuseum
• 博物学bó wù xuénatural history
• 博物院bó wù yuànmuseum
• 博物学家bó wù xué jiānaturalist (expert in natural history)
• 博物多闻bó wù duō wénwide and knowledgeable; well-informed and experienced
• 博物洽闻bó wù qià wénto have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)

Words containing 博物

• 故宫博物院Gù gōng Bó wù yuànPalace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace Museum, Taipei
• 大英博物馆Dà yīng Bó wù guǎnBritish Museum
• 历史博物馆lì shǐ bó wù guǎnhistorical museum
• 中国国家博物馆Zhōng guó Guó jiā Bó wù guǎnNational Museum of China

Sounds the same

Read bó wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 薄雾mist; haze