殷墟 (jan1 heoi1) — Yin ruins -- The ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty (1766-1050 BC), rediscovered in 1899, are one of the oldest and largest archeaological sites in China, famous as the original source of oracle bones and oracle bone script which are the earliest recorded form of Chinese writing. in Cantonese

janˉ¹heoiˉ¹
Mandarin Pinyin: jin1 xu1

Meaning of 殷墟

nounYin ruins -- The ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty (1766-1050 BC), rediscovered in 1899, are one of the oldest and largest archeaological sites in China, famous as the original source of oracle bones and oracle bone script which are the earliest recorded form of Chinese writing.

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