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北京猿人

Běi jīng yuán réndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Peking ape-man / Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhōu kǒu diàn] in 1921
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

北京猿人 北京猿人 [Bei3 jing1 yuan2 ren2] /Peking ape-man/Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4] in 1921/

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Character information

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  • 北
    běi

    north / (classical) to be defeated

  • 京
    jīng

    capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)

    Jīng

    surname Jing / short name for Beijing 北京[Běi jīng] / Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam

  • 猿
  • 人

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