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丹尼索瓦人

Mandarin · pinyin Dān ní suǒ wǎ rén

Denisovan, an extinct species of human

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丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
索: suǒ · large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated
瓦: wǎ · tile; earthenware pottery; girl
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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1–2–3–3–2 · Dan1 ni2 suo3 wa3 ren2

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(paleontology, anthropology) Denisovan (extinct species of human)

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