Showing posts with label NWT Appendix A2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NWT Appendix A2. Show all posts

Sunday, June 07, 2026

MEotW: shìjiè hépíng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What different expressions are used in the Mandarin NWT Bible to refer to different kinds of peace?


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Sunday, December 21, 2025

MEotW: gòngtōng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Are Chinese characters really more universal than alphabetic writing systems are?


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Friday, February 09, 2024

MEotW: xīndé

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the Chinese fields, is it enough to just fill our minds with knowledge about Chinese characters?


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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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Thursday, July 27, 2023

MEotW: bǐyù xìng de zhànzhēng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What are some ways in which the organization has translated “spiritual war/warfare” into Mandarin in recent years?


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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

MEotW: yíyì‐gūxíng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Are we “headstrong” about showing off our knowledge? Or, is our communication motivated by love?


2 Timothy 3:4 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

MEotW: Yètèluó

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What can happen when a hard-to-recognize Chinese character is encountered? Can a person who is knowledgeable and experienced with characters reliably figure out its pronunciation?


Exodus 3:1 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

MEotW: bùzú

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Are characters the best solution to Mandarin’s “homophone problem”? How else could it be addressed?


Numbers 1:7 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

MEotW: dìqū

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What’s different about how the current Mandarin version of the NWT Bible (nwtsty) renders the names of lands, and how does that relate to modern-day Mandarin groups and congregations?


Genesis 13:10 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Tuesday, November 22, 2022

MEotW: yīnyì

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What is transliteration? What is transcription? What is Pīnyīn?


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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

MEotW: zuì’è

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Why might it be that the current Mandarin version of the New World Translation Bible (nwtsty) uses “zuì’è” instead of “zuìniè”?


Psalm 103:10 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

MEotW: chéngfá

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Why might it be that the current Mandarin version of the New World Translation Bible (nwtsty) uses “chéngfá” instead of “bàoyìng”?


Psalm 103:10 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Monday, May 09, 2022

MEotW: liánmǐn

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?


Exodus 34:6 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Monday, February 14, 2022

MEotW: yùyán

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

When is a prophecy not a yùyán?


Romans 12:6 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


1 Corinthians 12:10 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Monday, January 17, 2022

MEotW: huídào

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How does the current Mandarin NWT Bible translate the Greek word pa·rou·siʹa, which the English NWT Bible translates as “presence”?


Matthew 24:3 (WOL CHS+Pinyin)


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Monday, December 20, 2021

MEotW: zuìxìng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the current Mandarin NWT Bible, why is “zuìxìng” now sometimes used instead of “ròutǐ” to translate the English word “fleshly”?


Galatians 5:19 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Monday, November 22, 2021

MEotW: shìsú

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the current Mandarin NWT Bible, why is “shìsú” now sometimes used instead of “ròutǐ” to translate the English word “fleshly”?


1 Corinthians 3:1 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Monday, October 25, 2021

MEotW: Shàngdì

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the current Mandarin NWT Bible, why is “Shàngdì” sometimes used to translate the English word “spiritual”? Did the ancient Chinese believe in Shàngdì?


1 Corinthians 2:13 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations)


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Monday, October 11, 2021

MEotW: xìnxīn

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the Mandarin NWT Bible, in the scripture about the fruitage of the spirit, what is similar about the words used to translate “love” and “faith”?


Galatians 5:22, 23 (nwtsty-CHS+Pinyin WOL)


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Monday, September 27, 2021

MEotW: xīnlíng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Why does the current version of the Mandarin New World Translation Bible sometimes use “xīnlíng” instead of “shǔlíng” to translate the English word “spiritual”?


Matthew 5:3 (WOL CHS+Pinyin Parallel Translations Comparison)


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