Thursday, December 28, 2023

Was Life Created? Br. Proofread Pīnyīn or Pīnyīn Plus Web Material Added for the Beginning to the End of P. 2

[NOTE: For spiritual food (which is for you yourself to learn spiritual things from, and which ideally should be in your own mother tongue), please go to jw.org.


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 Was Life Created? (lc) brochure continues to be useful for discussing whether life was created. In fact, in the JW Library app, the English version of it was recently updated to the December 2022 Printing, and the Mandarin version was recently updated to the February 2023 Printing. To help us Mandarin field language learners to be prepared language-wise to make good use of this brochure without being unnecessarily hindered by the Great Wall of Chinese characters that’s been put in place by mere human tradition and cultural pride, the following unofficial Pīnyīn Plus web material resource, that now matches the current Mandarin 2023-02 Printing, is being made available:

  • _Was Life Created?_ Br. _Pīnyīn_ Plus web icon
  • Was Life Created? Br.
    (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)

    (rich information about Mandarin speech
    for discussing whether life was created,
    as represented by the text of the
    Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure,
    2023-02 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
    PWA Logo can be used offline in supporting browsers,
    PWA Logo icon can be added to the home screen
    with supporting browsers,

    “flashcards” integrated with the text,
    (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression to reveal its “flashcard”,
    tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
    to hide the
    “flashcard”),
    Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
    carefully done human-translated
    context-appropriate English translations
    with literal & effective meanings,
    Simplified & Traditional characters,
    📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
    and 📘 Reveal None controls for
    all the “flashcards” in a section, paragraph, etc.,
    links for getting around,
    picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
    Night Theme that can be turned on or off
    using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
    adjustable text size)
    (Info re offline viewing and printing)
  • Short Links:
    Links > Publications > Brochures >
    Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc)

In the above resource, material matching both the current 2023-02 Printing of the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure and the current 2023 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:

Proofread Pīnyīn Plus Material:

  • Front Cover to the end of “Introduction”

Proofread Pīnyīn or Pīnyīn Plus Web Material:

  • “What Do You Believe?”;
  • “Evolution—Myths and Facts”, Par. 1 to the end of the brochure

Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.


Links for the old 3-line files can be found at the Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc) short link. (The previously-existing Pīnyīn-only resources have been replaced by this next-generation Pīnyīn Plus resource.)


The old 3-line files together with this new Pīnyīn Plus web resource cover the entire Was Life Created? brochure. (The 3-line files were based on an older version of the brochure, though.) Also, this Pīnyīn Plus web resource (which can be used offline in supporting browsers) contains no more Pīnyīn-only material that has only been partially proofread—all the Pīnyīn-only material has now been fully proofread.


More Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus web material based on the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure 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.)


Tuesday, December 26, 2023

MEotW: suàn buliǎo

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Critics of Pīnyīn like to talk about the different words in Mandarin that sound the same, but what about the different Mandarin words that are written with the same characters?


Screenshot of “_suàn buliǎo_” in 1 Co. 13:2 (nwtsty, CHS+_Pīnyīn_ WOL)


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Thursday, December 21, 2023

MEotW: húzi

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What do the Bible and the organization show us about the relative importance of beards and Chinese characters?


“_Húzi_” used in the Mandarin version of the 2023 Governing Body Update #8 video


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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

MEotW: tiānzhēn

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we avoid being naive about evolution/creation, or about learning Mandarin?


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Friday, December 08, 2023

Was Life Created? Br. Proofread Pīnyīn or Pīnyīn Plus Web Material Available for P. 18, Par. 1 to the End

[NOTE: For spiritual food (which is for you yourself to learn spiritual things from, and which ideally should be in your own mother tongue), please go to jw.org.


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 Was Life Created? (lc) brochure continues to be useful for discussing whether life was created. In fact, in the JW Library app, the English version of it was recently updated to the December 2022 Printing, and the Mandarin version was recently updated to the February 2023 Printing. To help us Mandarin field language learners to be prepared language-wise to make good use of this brochure without being unnecessarily hindered by the Great Wall of Chinese characters that’s been put in place by mere human tradition and cultural pride, the following unofficial Pīnyīn Plus web material resource, that now matches the current Mandarin 2023-02 Printing, is being made available:

  • _Was Life Created?_ Br. _Pīnyīn_ Plus web icon
  • Was Life Created? Br.
    (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)

    (rich information about Mandarin speech
    for discussing whether life was created,
    as represented by the text of the
    Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure,
    2023-02 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
    PWA Logo can be used offline in supporting browsers,
    PWA Logo icon can be added to the home screen
    with supporting browsers,

    “flashcards” integrated with the text,
    (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression to reveal its “flashcard”,
    tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
    to hide the
    “flashcard”),
    Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
    carefully done human-translated
    context-appropriate English translations
    with literal & effective meanings,
    Simplified & Traditional characters,
    📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
    and 📘 Reveal None controls for
    all the “flashcards” in a chapter, paragraph, etc.,
    links for getting around,
    picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
    Night Theme that can be turned on or off
    using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
    adjustable text size)
    (Info re offline viewing and printing)
  • Short Links:
    Links > Publications > Brochures >
    Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc)

In the above resource, material matching both the current 2023-02 Printing of the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure and the current 2023 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:

Proofread Pīnyīn or Pīnyīn Plus Web Material:

  • “Evolution​—Myths and Facts”, Par. 1 to the end of the brochure

Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.


Links for the old 3-line files can be found at the Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc) short link. (The previously-existing Pīnyīn-only resources have been replaced by this next-generation Pīnyīn Plus resource.)


Now, the old 3-line files together with this new Pīnyīn Plus web resource cover the entire Was Life Created? brochure. (The 3-line files were based on an older version of the brochure, though.) Also, this Pīnyīn Plus web resource (which can be used offline in supporting browsers) contains no more Pīnyīn-only material that has only been partially proofread—all the Pīnyīn-only material has now been fully proofread.


More Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus web material based on the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure 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.)


Wednesday, December 06, 2023

New Resource: Origin of Life Br. Pīnyīn Plus Web Material

[NOTE: For spiritual food (which is for you yourself to learn spiritual things from, and which ideally should be in your own mother tongue), please go to jw.org.


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 Origin of Life (lf) brochure continues to be useful for discussing how life came to exist. In fact, it, along with the Was Life Created? brochure, has been added to 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 brochure 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:

  • _Origin of Life_ Br. _Pīnyīn_ Plus web icon
  • Origin of Life Br.
    (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)

    (rich information about Mandarin speech
    for discussing the origin of life,
    as represented by the text of the
    Mandarin Origin of Life brochure,
    2010 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
    PWA Logo can be used offline in supporting browsers,
    PWA Logo icon can be added to the home screen
    with supporting browsers,

    “flashcards” integrated with the text,
    (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression to reveal its “flashcard”,
    tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
    to hide the
    “flashcard”),
    Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
    carefully done human-translated
    context-appropriate English translations
    with literal & effective meanings,
    Simplified & Traditional characters,
    📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
    and 📘 Reveal None controls for
    all the “flashcards” in a chapter, paragraph, etc.,
    links for getting around,
    picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
    Night Theme that can be turned on or off
    using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
    adjustable text size)
    (Info re offline viewing and printing)
  • Short Links:
    Links > Publications > Brochures >
    Origin of Life Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lf)

In the above resource, material matching both the current 2010 Printing of the Mandarin Origin of Life brochure and the current 2023 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:

Fully Proofread Pīnyīn Plus Material:

  • Front Cover to Question 1, Par. 2

Proofread Pīnyīn or Better:

  • Question 1, Par. 3 to the End of Question 1

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.


An old Simplified Chinese-Pīnyīn-English 3-line PDF file is also available, which covers the entire brochure, but which is not fully proofread. The link for the download page for this old 3-line PDF file can be found at the Origin of Life Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lf) short link.


More Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus web material based on the Mandarin Origin of Life brochure 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.)


Monday, December 04, 2023

tiandi.info, Links News, and MEotW on Threads

There is now an official account for this blog, tiandi.info, and the Mandarin Expression of the Week blog on the Threads social network:

The above link has been added to the Chinese Fields Links sidebar on the right side of this blog.


If you use Threads, please check out the above-mentioned account and give it a follow!


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Sunday, December 03, 2023

MEotW: shēn‐lín‐qí‐jìng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we talk in Mandarin about how reading the Bible can seem to transport us to another time and place?


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