bok3 mat6 gun2博物館博物馆
Jyutpingbok3 mat6 gun2
Yalebok maht gún
Definition
Museum; a venue that preserves, researches, and exhibits natural or man-made items.
Example
ngo5我dei6哋heoi3去bok3博mat6物gun2館caam1參gun1觀。
ngo5我dei6哋heoi3去bok3博mat6物gun2馆caam1参gun1观。
We're visiting the museum.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a public institution for education and preservation. While it is a standard noun, it is often paired with the classifier 間 in casual speech to emphasize the physical building or the institution as a destination.
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gaan1間gānExamples
This museum has many precious exhibits.
Do you want to go visit the museum tomorrow?
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
