图书馆
Meaning
- library
Measure word
家 jiā or 个 gè
Example sentence
在图书馆。
At the library.
Characters in 图书馆
- 图 tú diagram
- 书 shū book
- 馆 guǎn a building open to the public — a hall, shop, museum or embassy
图书 is the ordinary word for books and publications, and 馆 marks a building open to the public — the same 馆 in 博物馆 and 大使馆. So the word is a books-hall, and once you have 馆 you can read half a dozen other buildings.