周口店

Zhōukǒudiàn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zhoukoudian, village in Fangshan, Beijing, where the Peking Man fossils were found

Characters

Zhou (a surname)

Examples

HSK 5

我们学校组织学生去周口店参观。

Wǒmen xuéxiào zǔzhī xuésheng qù Zhōukǒudiàn cānguān.

Our school took the students on a visit to Zhoukoudian.

HSK 7-9

考古学家在周口店的山洞里发现了北京猿人的头盖骨。

Kǎogǔxuéjiā zài Zhōukǒudiàn de shāndòng lǐ fāxiàn le Běijīng yuánrén de tóugàigǔ.

Archaeologists found Peking Man skullcaps in a cave at Zhoukoudian.

Tips

history

The first Peking Man skullcap was found here in 1929 by Pei Wenzhong (裴文中). The original fossils vanished in 1941 while being shipped to the United States for safekeeping and have never been found. The site has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1987.

Stroke Order

周 zhōu

口 kǒu

店 diàn