Library in Chinese (Mandarin): 图书馆 (túshūguǎn)
图书馆
túshūguǎn
library
- Simplified
- 图书馆
- Traditional
- 圖書館
- Pinyin
- túshūguǎn
- Typed as
- tushuguan
Use it in a sentence
小猫在图书馆看书。
小貓在圖書館看書。
The kitten is reading in the library.
The characters in 图书馆
图 / 圖
Picture.
8 strokes
书 / 書
Book.
4 strokes
馆 / 館
A building for a purpose. 饣 (food) is on the left: it first meant a guesthouse.
11 strokes
图书 means books, so 图书馆 is a "book building". A museum is 博物馆 (bówùguǎn).
More examples with 图书馆
图书馆里很安静。
圖書館裡很安靜。
Túshūguǎn li hěn ānjìng.
It's quiet in the library.
我在图书馆借书。
我在圖書館借書。
Wǒ zài túshūguǎn jiè shū.
I borrow books at the library.
How to write 图书馆 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
图 8 strokes
书 4 strokes
馆 11 strokes
In Traditional characters:
圖 14 strokes
書 10 strokes
館 16 strokes
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