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Updated 2022-04-10
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SPEECH is Top Priority, Not Characters
This short article boils down what our top priority should be when it comes to learning Mandarin for the Mandarin field, and why, according to Jehovah’s Word and his organization, and according to modern language science.
Pīnyīn Is a Good, Workable Writing System on Its Own
This article is a brief overview of why it’s important for those of us in the Mandarin field to recognize that Pīnyīn is a full writing system, not just a pronunciation aid.
Pīnyīn Was Plan A
This extensively researched in-depth article discusses how we in the Mandarin field should view Pīnyīn.
tiandi.info
Blog posts about various things related to the Chinese field. (You can now log in using the login info that was used on 3lines.org, except with tiandi in front of the first item. You can also email me at pinyinww at gmail.com for login info. If you do so, please include information on who referred you and/or what group/cong. you are in.)
Mandarin Expression of the Week
This blog aims to discuss a different Mandarin expression each week. In this, it carries on from the Expression of the Week feature of the tiandi.info blog.
Some of the expressions discussed may be what we Jehovah’s Witnesses call theocratic expressions, which are used in our publications.
The highlighted expressions, as well as other Pīnyīn expressions that may occur in the accompanying text, are rendered using Pīnyīn Plus technology. Tapping/clicking on a Pīnyīn expression reveals a “flashcard” next to it showing its English meaning, Simplified character(s), Traditional character(s) (if they’re different), etc. Tapping/clicking on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression hides the “flashcard”.
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Chinese Pronunciation | Sinosplice
Using Pīnyīn and specific information about the anatomy of speech (how we should use the tongue, lips, etc.), this excellent worldly web resource addresses some common misconceptions regarding the pronunciations of Mandarin Chinese speech sounds. Applying this information can help us to really sound like a native Mandarin speaker.