Dictionary › 馆

馆

guǎn

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 2 Character Traditional 館 Measure word 家

What 馆 means

1. building
2. shop
3. term for certain service establishments
4. embassy or consulate
5. schoolroom (old)

Other readings

馆 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• guǎnvariant of {馆|guǎn}

Example sentences

• 图书馆的书
  Túshūguǎn de shū
  library book
• 在图书馆。
  At the library.
• 旅馆在哪里？
  Where is the hotel?
• 我爱图书馆。
  I love libraries.
• 那是一家宾馆。
  Nàshi yījiā bīnguǎn.
  That's a hotel.
• 他去过体育馆。
  Tā qù guo tǐyùguǎn.
  He's been to the stadium.

Words starting with 馆

• 馆子guǎn zirestaurant; theater (old)
• 馆藏guǎn cángto collect in a museum or library; museum collection; library holdings
• 馆地guǎn dìschool (old)
• 馆宾guǎn bīnprivate teacher; preceptor
• 馆陶县Guǎn táo XiànGuantao, a county in Handan City 邯郸市
• 馆陶Guǎn táosee 馆陶县

Words containing 馆

• 饭馆fàn guǎnrestaurant
• 图书馆tú shū guǎnlibrary
• 宾馆bīn guǎnguesthouse; lodge; hotel
• 大使馆dà shǐ guǎnembassy
• 博物馆bó wù guǎnmuseum
• 领事馆lǐng shì guǎnconsulate
• 旅馆lǚ guǎnhotel
• 餐馆cān guǎnrestaurant
• 咖啡馆kā fēi guǎncafé; coffee shop
• 体育馆tǐ yù guǎngym; gymnasium; stadium
• 茶馆chá guǎnteahouse
• 使馆shǐ guǎnconsulate; diplomatic mission
• 纪念馆jì niàn guǎnmemorial hall; commemorative museum
• 美术馆měi shù guǎnart gallery
• 场馆chǎng guǎnsporting venue; arena
• 酒馆jiǔ guǎntavern; pub; wine shop
• 菜馆cài guǎn(dialect) restaurant
• 商务印书馆Shāng wù Yìn shū guǎnThe Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897)
• 中餐馆Zhōng cān guǎnChinese restaurant
• 面馆miàn guǎnnoodle restaurant
• 展览馆zhǎn lǎn guǎnexhibition hall
• 领馆lǐng guǎnconsulate; consular official
• 殡仪馆bìn yí guǎna funeral home; an undertaker's
• 照相馆zhào xiàng guǎnphoto studio

Characters built on 官

These share the phonetic component 官 (guān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage
• 棺guāncoffin
• 倌guānkeeper of domestic animals; herdsman; (old) hired hand in certain trade
• 涫guàn(classical) to boil
• 逭huànto escape from

Characters that look like 馆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 馈kuì(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 谊yìfriendship; also pr. yí
• 惶huáng(bound form) fear; dread; anxiety; trepidation
• 馁něi(bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited; (literary) (of fish) putrid
• 馊sōurancid; soured (as food)

Sounds the same

Read guǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 管to take care (of); to control; to manage
• 莞(district)
• 琯mus. instr.; to polish jade or gold
• 鳤Ochetobius elongatus, species of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia
• 痯ill-looking
• 筦surname Guan

Where 馆 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 1 Characters · Set 21 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guǎn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.