故宫博物院

故宮博物院

Gùgōng Bówùyuàn

proper noun

Meanings

1 the Palace Museum, the museum in Beijing's Forbidden City
2 the National Palace Museum in Taipei

Characters

wide; broad (in 博物, natural objects)

things; objects

Examples

HSK 5

故宫博物院星期一不开放。

Gùgōng Bówùyuàn xīngqīyī bù kāifàng.

The Palace Museum is closed on Mondays.

HSK 6

台北的故宫博物院也有很多国宝。

Táiběi de Gùgōng Bówùyuàn yě yǒu hěnduō guóbǎo.

The National Palace Museum in Taipei also holds many national treasures.

Tips

usage

故宫 is the palace itself; 故宫博物院 is the museum that has run it since 1925. Part of the collection was taken to Taiwan in 1948 and 1949 and is now in the 国立故宫博物院 in Taipei, so people tell the two apart as the Beijing and the Taipei Palace Museum.

Stroke Order

故 gù

宫 gōng

博 bó

物 wù

院 yuàn