裴文中

Péi Wénzhōng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Pei Wenzhong (1904–1982), Chinese palaeontologist and archaeologist who found the first Peking Man skullcap at Zhoukoudian in 1929

Characters

writing; culture

Examples

HSK 6

裴文中是中国有名的考古学家。

Péi Wénzhōng shì Zhōngguó yǒumíng de kǎogǔxuéjiā.

Pei Wenzhong was a famous Chinese archaeologist.

HSK 7-9

裴文中发现北京猿人头盖骨的时候，才二十五岁。

Péi Wénzhōng fāxiàn Běijīng yuánrén tóugàigǔ de shíhou, cái èrshíwǔ suì.

Pei Wenzhong was only twenty-five when he found the Peking Man skullcap.

Tips

history

He found it on 2 December 1929, late in the day, deep inside the cave. In 1931 he also recognized the site's worked quartz and burnt bone as stone tools and traces of fire, evidence that Peking Man made tools and used fire.

Stroke Order

裴 Péi

文 wén

中 zhōng