尼人

Chinese

		Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)	man; person; people
trad. (尼人)		尼	人
simp. ^#(尼人)		尼	人

Etymology

Short for 尼安德特人 (ní'āndétèrén) or 尼安德塔人 (ní'āndétǎrén).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nírén

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nírén
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nírén
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-jên²
  - Yale: ní-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niren
  - Palladius: нижэнь (nižɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

尼人

(paleontology, anthropology) Neanderthal; Homo neanderthalensis
- 現在多數古生物學家放棄了尼人是直立人向智人進化的一個過渡階段的觀點。 [MSC, trad.]
  现在多数古生物学家放弃了尼人是直立人向智人进化的一个过渡阶段的观点。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2014, 吴相钰 (Wu Xiangyu); 陈守良 (Chen Shouliang); 葛明德 (Ge Mingde), chief editors, 《陈阅增普通生物学》 [Chen Yuezeng General Biology], 4th edition, Beijing: Higher Education Press, →ISBN , page 448
  Xiànzài duōshù gǔshēngwùxuéjiā fàngqì le nírén shì zhílìrén xiàng zhìrén jìnhuà de yīge guòdù jiēduàn de guāndiǎn. [Pinyin]
  Presently, most paleontologists have abandoned the viewpoint that Neanderthals are one of the transitional stages of evolution from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens.