奥杜威

奧杜威

Àodùwēi

proper noun #34,919

Meanings

1 Olduvai (Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world)

Characters

profound; (phonetic 'O')

wild pear; (phonetic 'du')

power; (phonetic 'wai/vai')

Examples

HSK 5

考古学家在奥杜威发现了早期人类化石。

Kǎogǔxuéjiā zài Àodùwēi fāxiàn le zǎoqī rénlèi huàshí.

Archaeologists discovered early hominid fossils at Olduvai.

HSK 7-9

奥杜威峡谷位于坦桑尼亚。

Àodùwēi xiágǔ wèiyú Tǎnsāngníyà.

Olduvai Gorge is located in Tanzania.

Tips

culture

奥杜威 transliterates 'Olduvai' (a Maasai word). 奥杜威峡谷 (Olduvai Gorge) is where Mary and Louis Leakey unearthed Homo habilis remains in 1960 - the site is essential vocabulary in Chinese paleontology and human-origins documentaries. The associated stone-tool culture is called 奥杜威文化 'Oldowan'.

Stroke Order

奥 ào

杜 dù

威 wēi