Wednesday, February 25, 2026

MEotW: Lǎhé

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Is a character like “喇” really less ambiguous than a Pīnyīn expression like “lǎ”?


Joshua 2:1 in the Mandarin _NWT_ Study Bible, in the JW Library app

Joshua 2:1 in the Mandarin NWT Study Bible, in the JW Library app



Joshua 2:1 in the PDF for the old printed _Pīnyīn_ _NWT_ Bible

Joshua 2:1 in the PDF for the old printed Pīnyīn NWT Bible


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Sunday, February 15, 2026

MEotW: jìjiào

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How do some nitpick about Pīnyīn while ignoring a huge issue about characters?


Screenshot of “_jìjiào_” in 1 Co. 13:5 (nwtsty, CHS+_Pīnyīn_ WOL)

Screenshot of “jìjiào” in 1 Co. 13:5 (nwtsty, CHS+Pīnyīn WOL)



Lego diorama of people pushing a cart with square wheels, when the cart is filled with round wheels

The problem is not that Pīnyīn is like training wheels, because Pīnyīn is actually like regular wheels. The real problem is that characters are like square wheels!


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Monday, February 09, 2026

MEotW: Mòrì Shízhōng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we talk to honest-hearted ones in the Mandarin field about the Doomsday Clock?


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Sunday, February 01, 2026

MEotW: yǔzhòu

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we get Mandarin-speaking people thinking about whether the universe was designed?


Chart: Languages by First-Language Speakers—2019

The worldwide Mandarin field is by far the largest language field in the world, and it’s likely that it is the largest language field ever in history.



The Great Wall of China

In addition to the inherent technical difficulty of the subject of creation/evolution, Mandarin field language learners also face the Great Wall of characters.


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