圖書館

See also: 図書館, 图书馆, and 圖書舘

Chinese

	books	house; establishment
trad. (圖書館/圖書舘)	圖書	館/舘
simp. (图书馆)	图书	馆
alternative forms	圕 dated abbreviation

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): túshūguǎn, túrguǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄍㄨㄢˇ, ㄊㄨˊㄦㄍㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ syu¹ gun²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thù-sû-kón

(Hailu, HRS): tu shu^ˋ gon^ˊ
Eastern Min (BUC): dù-cṳ̆-guāng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tô͘-su-koán / tô͘-chu-koán

(Teochew, Peng'im): dou⁵ ze¹ guang² / dou⁵ ze¹ guêng² / dou⁵ zu¹ guang²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶du-sy-kuoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: túshūguǎn → túshuguǎn (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄍㄨㄢˇ → ㄊㄨˊ ˙ㄕㄨㄍㄨㄢˇ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: túshůguǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²-shu⁵-kuan³
  - Yale: tú-shu-gwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twu.shugoan
  - Palladius: тушугуань (tušuguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /tʰu³⁵ ʂu³ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Beijing dialect, colloquial)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: túrguǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊㄦㄍㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: túrguǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²-ʼrh-kuan³
  - Yale: túr-gwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twulgoan
  - Palladius: тургуань (turguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuɻʷ³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ syu¹ gun²
  - Yale: tòuh syū gún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ sy¹ gun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ xu¹ gun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ syː⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù-sû-kón
  - Hakka Romanization System: tu^ˇ su^ˊ gon^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tu² su¹ gon³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹ su²⁴ kon³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tu shu^ˋ gon^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu⁵⁵ ʃu⁵³ kon²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dù-cṳ̆-guāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)uaŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Penang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-su-koán
  - Tâi-lô: tôo-su-kuán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dosu'koarn
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁵³/
  - IPA (Penang): /tɔ²³⁻²¹ su³³⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Philippines): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² su³³ kuan⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-chu-koán
  - Tâi-lô: tôo-tsu-kuán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dozu'koarn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dou⁵ ze¹ guang² / dou⁵ ze¹ guêng² / dou⁵ zu¹ guang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tôu tsṳ kuáng / tôu tsṳ kuéng / tôu tsu kuáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ kuaŋ⁵²/, /tou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ kueŋ⁵²/, /tou⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su³³⁻²³ kuaŋ⁵²/

Note:

dou5 ze1 guêng2 - Chaozhou;
dou5 zu1 guang2 - Chaoyang .

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶du-sy-kuoe
  - MiniDict: du^去 sy kuoe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-sr-kuoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² sz̩⁵⁵ kuø²¹/

Noun

圖書館

library (Classifier: 所 m; 家 m; 間／间 c)
學生們通常以圖書館為家。 [MSC, trad.]
学生们通常以图书馆为家。 [MSC, simp.]
Xuéshēngmen tōngcháng yǐ túshūguǎn wéi jiā. [Pinyin]
Students usually regard libraries as [their] [second] home.

圖書館是人類知識的海洋。 [MSC, trad.]
图书馆是人类知识的海洋。 [MSC, simp.]
Túshūguǎn shì rénlèi zhīshí de hǎiyáng. [Pinyin]
Libraries contain knowledge of human experience as vast as the open sea.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 圖書館 (“library”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		圖書館
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	圖書館, 圖兒館
	Taiwan	圖書館
	Singapore	圖書館
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	書房, библиотека
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	圖書館
Cantonese	Hong Kong	圖書館, 拉把, 拉記
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	圖書館
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	圖書館
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	圖書館
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	圖書館
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	圖書館
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	圖書館
Eastern Min	Matsu	圖書館
Southern Min	Xiamen	圖書館
	Tainan	圖書館
	Penang (Hokkien)	讀冊館, 圖書館
	Manila (Hokkien)	圖書館
Wu	Shanghai	圖書館

Derived terms

公共圖書館 / 公共图书馆 (gōnggòng túshūguǎn)
圖兒館 / 图儿馆 (túrguǎn)
圖書館員 / 图书馆员 (túshūguǎnyuán)
圖書館學 / 图书馆学 (túshūguǎnxué)
數位圖書館 / 数位图书馆 (shùwèi túshūguǎn)
數字圖書館 / 数字图书馆 (shùzì túshūguǎn)
流動圖書館 / 流动图书馆 (liúdòngtúshūguǎn)

Descendants

→ Zhuang: duzsuhgvanj

Japanese

Kanji in this term
圖	書	館
と Hyōgai	しょ Grade: 2	かん Grade: 3
kan'on	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 圖書館 – see the following entry.

【図書館としょかん】

[noun] library (building)

Alternative spellings
圕, 𡆥

(This term, 圖書館, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Derived terms

圕

Korean

Hanja in this term
圖	書	館

Noun

圖書館 • (doseogwan) (hangeul 도서관)

hanja form^? of 도서관 (“library”)