周口店

Zhōukǒudiàn
proper noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒmen xuéxiào zǔzhī xuésheng qù Zhōukǒudiàn cānguān.
Our school took the students on a visit to Zhoukoudian.
HSK 7-9
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