北京猿人

Běi jīng yuán rén

Dictionary entry

Peking ape-man

What does 北京猿人 mean?

北京猿人 (Běi jīng yuán rén) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Peking ape-man

2Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4] in 1921

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北běinorth · (classical) to be defeated 京Jīngsurname Jing · short name for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]猿yuánvariant of 猿[yuan2]人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

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北京猿人

Běi jīng yuán rén

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