北京猿人 běi jīng yuán rén

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

北 běi
HSK 1
north; northern; northward
京 jīng
HSK 1
capital city
猿 yuán ape
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else