The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Faced with the cultural and traditional Goliath that is the Chinese characters, how can we imitate David?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Are homophones really a showstopper when it comes to using Pīnyīn to write Mandarin? How are homographs a similar problem for characters?
Many claim that _Pīnyīn_ shouldn’t be used as a writing system because characters are required to avoid confusion from all the homophones (different words that sound the same) in Mandarin.
— Troubadour WW (@troubadourww) April 8, 2025
If that’s true, then people shouldn’t SPEAK Mandarin either! But many do, and it’s fine. pic.twitter.com/1MK0ERuFjc
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
In the Mandarin field, how can we imitate David as we face a cultural Goliath?
“To Jehovah, for whom ‘a thousand years is as one day’, Chinese civilization has only been around for a few days.…
— tiandi, Links News (@TiandiLinksNews) June 9, 2024
“…we should boast in Jehovah, not in needlessly and self-indulgently complex knowledge relating to a mere worldly human culture” https://t.co/emXNAng9W2#MEotW pic.twitter.com/xEjlDPAkud
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
What distinctive feature of the Learn From the Bible book makes it especially beneficial in the Mandarin field?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
What kind of spiritual attack do Jehovah’s people, including those in the Mandarin field, need to be on guard against?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
For many Mandarin-speaking people, why is going through the Learn From the Bible book a journey of discovery?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
How is the Mandarin expression meaning “Governing Body” constructed? Is it a problem that one of the words in it is often used in relation to the government of China?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Are Chinese characters the ultimate clarifiers of meaning in Mandarin? Also, what is the correct way to pronounce Mandarin’s “r” sound?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
As Mandarin field language learners, why should we focus on Jehovah’s powerful gift of speech, rather than on the human invention of writing? How can we do so?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
How did the Pharaoh that Moses and Aaron dealt with prove himself to be a bozo? How have many Chinese scholars acted similarly?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
What are some Mandarin expressions related to blood that are good for Mandarin field language learners to know?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Should we Chinese field language learners view the Learn From the Bible book as being “just stories for children”?
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Imitate bk. Pīnyīn-English-with-scriptures EPUB & web material up to the end of Chapter 18 has been added to:
The material with a grey background has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable. (Unproofread Pīnyīn material is available covering to the end of Chapter 19.)
Note that:
Also, the introductions explain why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.
Imitate bk. Pīnyīn-English-with-scriptures EPUB & web material up to the end of Chapter 17 has been added to:
The material with a grey background has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable. (Unproofread Pīnyīn material is available covering to the end of Chapter 18.)
Note that:
Also, the introductions explain why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.
Imitate bk. Pīnyīn-English-with-scriptures EPUB & web material up to the end of Chapter 15 has been added to:
The material with a grey background has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable. (Unproofread Pīnyīn material is available covering to the end of Chapter 16.)
Note that:
Also, the introductions explain why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.
Imitate bk. Pīnyīn-English-with-scriptures EPUB & web material up to the end of Chapter 14 has been added to:
The material with a grey background has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable. (Unproofread Pīnyīn material is available covering to the end of Chapter 16.)
Note that:
Also, the introductions explain why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.
Imitate bk. Pīnyīn-English-with-scriptures EPUB & web material up to Chapter 14, paragraph 13 has been added to:
The material with a grey background has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable. (Unproofread Pīnyīn material is available covering to the end of Chapter 16.)
Note that:
Also, the introductions explain why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.
Imitate bk. Pīnyīn-English-with-scriptures EPUB & web material up to the end of Chapter 13 has been added to:
The material with a grey background has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable. (Unproofread Pīnyīn material is available covering to the end of Chapter 16.)
Note that:
Also, the introductions explain why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.
Imitate bk. Pīnyīn-English-with-scriptures EPUB & web material up to Chapter 13, paragraph 12 has been added to:
The material with a grey background has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable. (Unproofread Pīnyīn material is available covering to the end of Chapter 16.)
Note that:
Also, the introductions explain why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.
Imitate bk. Pīnyīn-English-with-scriptures EPUB & web material up to the end of Chapter 12 has been added to:
The material with a grey background has not yet received final editing, but is otherwise usable. (Unproofread Pīnyīn material is available covering to the end of Chapter 16.)
Note that:
Also, the introductions explain why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.
