MEotW: fǎn’ér

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

• fǎn’ér

When might it be good to be “contrarian” in the Mandarin field?

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MEotW: wūdú

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

• wūdú

How do we respond to the voodooesque power of the Great Wall of characters?

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MEotW: tiān‐yī‐wúfèng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

• tiān‐yī‐wúfèng

What can help us to reintroduce Mandarin-speaking Chinese people to the Supreme Sovereign of the universe?

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MEotW: hé‐zhànzhēng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

• hé‐zhànzhēng

How can we introduce to Mandarin-speaking people the subject of what the Bible says about nuclear war?

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MEotW: cùnbù‐bù‐lí

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

• cùnbù‐bù‐lí

How can we express in Mandarin our determination to stick to the truth?

This week’s MEotW in the unofficial Pīnyīn Plus resource “Sing Out Joyfully” Bk. (Pīnyīn+Music, Pīnyīn Plus, Web)

A screenshot from an official video, of Sis. Margarita Königer and others using official Pīnyīn Sing to Jehovah songbooks with musical notation

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MEotW: zháole huǒ

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

• zháole huǒ

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.

If that’s true, then people shouldn’t SPEAK Mandarin either! But many do, and it’s fine. pic.twitter.com/1MK0ERuFjc

— Troubadour WW (@troubadourww) April 8, 2025

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MEotW: dòngnù

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

• dòngnù

Is anger an appropriate reaction to the suggestion to focus less on characters and more on Pīnyīn?

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