猿人 (yuán rén) — ape-man (early hominid, e.g., Peking Man) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

ape-man (early hominid, e.g., Peking Man)

Measure word · 个

Examples

猿人。
Běi jīng yuán rén shì zhōng guó zǎo qī rén lèi de zhòng yào fā xiàn.
Peking Man is an important discovery of early humans in China.
猿人。
Kē xué jiā tōng guò zhè xiē huà shí yán jiū yuán rén de shēng huó xí guàn.
Scientists study the living habits of ape-men through these fossils.
猿人。
yuán rén Yǔ xiàn dài rén yǒu zhe hěn dà de qū bié.
Ape-men are very different from modern humans.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

猿 'ape' and 人 'human' combine to mean an ape-like early human.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

犭袁猿

Meaning part形符xíngfú

犭Written in full as犬quǎn

Sound part声符shēngfú

袁

袁yuán猿yuán

Same sound today

The left part 犭, written in full as 犬, shows an animal; the right part 袁 gives the sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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