直立猿

zhílìyuán
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Homo erectus
  2. 2 upright ape (early hominid)

Examples

HSK 3
Běijīng rén shǔyú zhílìyuán de yī zhǒng.
Peking Man is a type of Homo erectus.
HSK 7-9
Zhílìyuán shì xiàndài rénlèi de yuǎnzǔ zhīyī.
Homo erectus is one of the distant ancestors of modern humans.

Tips

usage
The more standard term is 直立人 (Homo erectus). 直立猿 literally puts the hominid back into the ape category () - sometimes used in older or more popular texts.

Stroke Order

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