The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Why does the Mandarin word for “gun” appear in the Mandarin New World Translation Bible?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Why continue to write “xǐshǒu” as one word in Pīnyīn when the more “experienced” English writing system writes “wash hands” as two words?
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A reply has been posted in response to SB’s thought-provoking reply to the MEotW post on “_Jìniàn Jùhuì_”.
— tiandi, Links News (@TiandiLinksNews) May 21, 2022
What more “experienced” writing system should the “young” _Pīnyīn_ writing system learn from and emulate, if any? https://t.co/LYPqYvEwub pic.twitter.com/bJLCaggTBS
The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
In the Mandarin field, how can we tell people that the Bible foretold that our times would be marked by wars?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Why might it be that the current Mandarin version of the New World Translation Bible (nwtsty) uses liánmǐn instead of cíbēi?
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The supplementary language-learning material mentioned in this post is for helping you to learn about how the Mandarin language is used in an official publication, so that you will be better able to help others in the Mandarin language field.]
The Enjoy Life Forever! (lff) book is now officially recommended for use on Bible studies, and it is now part of the Teaching Toolbox in the JW Library app. To help us Mandarin field language learners to be prepared language-wise to make good use of this new book without being unnecessarily hindered by the Great Wall of Chinese characters that’s mandated by mere human tradition and cultural pride, the following unofficial Pīnyīn Plus web material resource is being made available, which matches the 2022-03 Printing now on the Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY:
can be used offline in supporting browsers, icon can be added to the home screenVideos are used extensively in the Enjoy Life Forever! book, and a noteworthy feature of the above resource is Pīnyīn Plus video transcripts. These should help us Mandarin field language learners to analyze and understand the Mandarin speech used in the many videos referenced in the Mandarin Enjoy Life Forever! book. This in turn should help us make more effective use of these videos while participating in Mandarin Bible discussions using this book.
Also, using the Pīnyīn Plus video transcripts while watching and listening to the corresponding Mandarin videos gives us good practice at listening to Mandarin speech, with help when needed so that we can actually follow along and understand it, and learn to use it ourselves in the future.
(Tapping/clicking on the above image will take you to the web page represented.)
In the above resource, material matching both the current 2022-03 Printing of the Mandarin Enjoy Life Forever! book and the current 2021 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:
(Even in the latter category above, headings and relatively short paragraphs are typically rendered with fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus material.)
Material with a grey background has been partially proofread. Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.
More Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus web material based on the Mandarin Enjoy Life Forever! book will be made available in the above resource as time allows.
(NOTE: While the organization expresses valid general concerns here about posting copies of official publications to the Internet, there are good legal and spiritual reasons for concluding that those concerns do not apply to this particular material, since such material should NOT be considered to be infringing on copyright, and since such material is specifically designed to be, NOT SPIRITUAL FOOD, but rather, material FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING. See this disclaimer for more information.)
If you are mainly in the Mandarin field because you are fascinated by Chinese characters and other aspects of worldly Chinese culture, are you not showing the spirit of a *tourist*?
— tiandi, Links News (@TiandiLinksNews) May 4, 2022
In contrast, the *missionary* spirit moves one to focus on praising Jehovah and helping people.
The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
What can help us to avoid mental indigestion when reading and writing Pīnyīn?
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