馆
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guǎn · public building

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11Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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饣Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 馆

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guǎnWords pronounced guǎn
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Example sentences

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Zhège fàn guǎn de cài shì qīng zhēn ma?这个饭馆的菜是清真吗?

Is the food at the restaurant halal?

Source: Tatoeba #5150258 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu shí wǒ huì zài tú shū guǎn kàn jiàn tā.有时我会在图书馆看见他。

I see him in the library now and then.

Source: Tatoeba #705011 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ kàn jiàn tā cóng lǚ guǎn chū lái.我看见他从旅馆出来。

I saw him coming out of the hotel.

Source: Tatoeba #2363166 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì měi guó dà shǐ guǎn de wài jiāo guān.他是美国大使馆的外交官。

He is a diplomat at the American Embassy.

Source: Tatoeba #404459 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu rén kàn dào le tā zài fàn guǎn gēn tā ài rén zài yì qǐ.有人看到了她在饭馆跟她爱人在一起。

She was seen at a restaurant with her lover.

Source: Tatoeba #1214425 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè jiā fàn guǎn kāi mén le ma?这家饭馆开门了吗?

Is this restaurant open?

Source: Tatoeba #2918350 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 馆 in context

  1. Say guǎn, then recall the core meaning: public building.
  2. Write all 11 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 饭馆 (fàn guǎn), meaning “restaurant”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 馆 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.