The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
How can we talk in Mandarin about arguing? Should we use the same language to describe how Jesus spoke with the Pharisees, etc.?
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What connection is there between the Mandarin expressions for “demonstrating (as a protest)” and “Revelation”?
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When talking to Mandarin-speaking people, how might we bring up the topic of the anxiety-inducing year that we just lived through?
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Should we Chinese field language learners view the Learn From the Bible book as being “just stories for children”?
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Does traditional Chinese culture feed its people or “eat” them?
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What coincidental linguistic connection is there between zero-COVID and the last dynasty of China?
An electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19
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What is transliteration? What is transcription? What is Pīnyīn?
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When it comes to the Chinese languages, are Chinese characters and their visual designs more important than speech and its sounds?
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Why might it be that the current Mandarin version of the New World Translation Bible (nwtsty) uses “zuì’è” instead of “zuìniè”?
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What’s a language, actually? Is it a writing system?
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Why might it be that the current Mandarin version of the New World Translation Bible (nwtsty) uses “chéngfá” instead of “bàoyìng”?
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Shall we stick with false “perfection” or strive for progress?
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How can we talk to people in the Mandarin field about the record-breaking temperatures that have been reported worldwide?
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What’s the difference between a loanword and a loan translation?
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Why might it be that the current Mandarin version of the New World Translation Bible (nwtsty) uses liánmǐn instead of cíbēi?
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[UPDATED 2019-08-22: Information has been added about mobile Safari’s limited lifespan for unused cached files, and about receiving new or updated material.]
While there are many advantages to web resources, including ease of loading (Just click/tap on a link in your web browser! No other app is needed!), speed of updating, etc., one disadvantage of web resources has been that one’s computing device generally had to be connected to the Internet for it to be able to access them.
In recent years, however, a new web technology called service workers has been developed to enable web resources to be loaded even when one’s computing device is offline (not connected to the Internet).
The Pīnyīn Plus web resource below has been enhanced with service worker technology, so it can now be loaded offline in supporting web browsers:
The above web resource has also been updated with this related information:
To use this web resource while offline (not connected to the Internet):
- While online (connected to the Internet), use a web browser that supports service workers to go to this web page on the web. (Yes, this web page here, that you are now reading.)
- Your supporting web browser will then automatically set up offline capability for this web resource. Part of that setup involves automatically saving this web resource and its associated files to a cache on your viewing device. (Info on different browsers’ storage limits can be found here.) After that, your supporting web browser will be able to load this web resource from its cache, even when your viewing device is offline.
- At a later time, if you just go to this web resource as usual in the above-mentioned supporting web browser (perhaps using a bookmark), this web resource should load and work as usual, whether or not your viewing device is connected to the Internet.
- Note: A URL (web address) that starts with https must be used to load this web resource offline. Edit any related bookmark as necessary.
- Note: Since storage space is still often constrained on mobile devices, the Safari browser on iOS (used on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) will remove this web resource’s cached files if they remain unused for “a few weeks”—perhaps for just two weeks. So, if you will be wanting to use Safari on an Apple mobile device to access this web resource offline at a particular time, make sure that you load or reload this web resource in that browser (while either online or offline) no more than about two weeks beforehand.
- There is no Step 3!
Of course, while your device is offline, your supporting web browser will not receive any new or updated material for this web resource if that new or updated material gets uploaded to the web server after your supporting web browser last saved this web resource and its associated files to its cache. However, when your device is back online, loading this web resource in your supporting web browser will automatically cause your supporting web browser and its cache to be updated with any new or updated material on the web server for this web resource. (You may need to reload twice, or to first switch to a new tab or restart your web browser.)
Other Pīnyīn Plus web resources will also be enhanced with service worker technology as time allows.
The Pīnyīn Plus Expressions web page has been updated with new expressions that have been added during recent Pīnyīn Plus material production:
Pīnyīn Plus material pages now default to the 📄 Reveal Advanced mode, which by default reveals the “flashcards” of some of the more advanced expressions. This makes it easier for new users to get a taste of the available information. If they wish, they can then select the 📘 Reveal None mode, which by default displays only Pīnyīn that’s been optimized for readability.
The Pīnyīn Plus Expressions web page is regularly updated with new expressions as they are encountered during Pīnyīn Plus material production.
For more information about the thinking behind the design of Pīnyīn Plus material, check out:
The Pīnyīn Plus Expressions web page has been updated with new expressions that have been added during recent Pīnyīn Plus material production:
Pīnyīn Plus material pages now default to the 📄 Reveal Advanced mode, which by default reveals the “flashcards” of some of the more advanced expressions. This makes it easier for new users to get a taste of the available information. If they wish, they can then select the 📘 Reveal None mode, which by default displays only Pīnyīn that’s been optimized for readability.
Here is a link to some information about the thinking behind the design of Pīnyīn Plus material:
The Pīnyīn Plus Expressions web page has been updated with new expressions that have been added during recent Pīnyīn Plus material production:
Pīnyīn Plus material pages now default to the 📄 Reveal Advanced mode, which by default reveals the “flashcards” of some of the more advanced expressions. This makes it easier for new users to get a taste of the available information. If they wish, they can then select the 📘 Reveal None mode, which by default displays only Pīnyīn that’s been optimized for readability.
Here is a link to some information about the thinking behind the design of Pīnyīn Plus material:
The Pīnyīn Plus Expressions web page has been updated with new expressions that have been added during recent Pīnyīn Plus material production:
Pīnyīn Plus material pages now default to the 📄 Reveal Advanced mode, which by default reveals the “flashcards” of some of the more advanced expressions. This makes it easier for new users to get a taste of the available information. If they wish, they can then select the 📘 Reveal None mode, which by default displays only Pīnyīn that’s been optimized for readability.
Here is a link to some information about the thinking behind the design of Pīnyīn Plus material:
