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北京人

Mandarin · pinyin Běi jīng rén

Beijing resident
Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店 Zhōu kǒu diàn, Beijing

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北: běi · north; northern; northward
京: jīng · capital city
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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3–1–2 · Bei3 jing1 ren2

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(paleontology, archaeology, anthropology) Peking Man (Homo erectus pekinensis)

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