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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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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 PDF for the old printed Pīnyīn NWT Bible
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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)
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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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
How can the beaver’s impressive industriousness and construction ability help us to reach the hearts of people in the Mandarin field?
A screenshot of the article “The Beaver’s Construction Ability” on jw.org
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Are Chinese characters really indispensable? Is it really true that the Chinese languages cannot be written alphabetically?
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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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What connection does Chinese Braille have with Pīnyīn, and what does this tell us about Pīnyīn?
⠪⠆
— Troubadour WW (@troubadourww) January 5, 2021
is the (Mainland) Chinese Braille representation of
ài (love 爱 愛)
⠪ corresponds to “ai” in _Pīnyīn_, and
⠆ corresponds to 4th tone.
Blind Mandarin-speaking people need to read and write about love too! https://t.co/sXSVzycXre
“_Chinese Braille_…is in principle a conversion of _Hanyu Pinyin_ into braille letters…If braille is a script [writing system], which no one doubts, especially not blind people, then _Hanyu Pinyin_ must also be a script [writing system].” https://t.co/EpGCXe7OOp
— Troubadour WW (@troubadourww) January 5, 2021
Blind Chinese people cannot see Chinese characters, but they can still read and write Mandarin with _Chinese Braille_.
— Troubadour WW (@troubadourww) January 5, 2021
_Chinese Braille_ is based on _Pīnyīn_—they both represent the sounds of Mandarin.
Since _Chinese Braille_ is obviously a writing system, so is _Pīnyīn_.
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:
How are some people in the Mandarin field’s territory like “sheep without a shepherd”?
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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:
Are Chinese characters the ultimate clarifiers of meaning in Mandarin?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Are Chinese characters worthy and good just because they’re hard?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
What are some things we can say when talking to people in the Mandarin field about the environment?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
How does the Mandarin word for “cancer” illustrate the best way to deal with Mandarin’s many homophones?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
What happens when East meets West in the Mandarin field?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Are characters the best solution to Mandarin’s “homophone problem”? How else could it be addressed?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Does the Mandarin word “wēijī” really suggest that we should look for positive opportunities for ourselves in the midst of danger?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Are simplified Chinese characters simple in every way? Is Pīnyīn too simple for Mandarin and all its homophones (words that sound the same)?
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