{"id":1616,"date":"2021-10-18T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T04:22:55","slug":"deerta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/10\/18\/deerta\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9\u2019\u011brt\u01ce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">D\u00e9\u2019\u011brt\u01ce<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">Delta<\/span>\n\u5fb7\u5c14\u5854\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5fb7\u723e\u5854<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%);\"> \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<p>[<strong>Note:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%)\">Tap\/click on a <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> expression to reveal its <\/span><span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>, <span style=\"color: hsl(45, 85%, 40%)\">tap\/click on a <\/span><span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"color: hsl(45, 85%, 40%)\">or its <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> expression to hide the<\/span> <span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>.]<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, deep in the year 2021, the subject of the COVID-19 pandemic has been, to say the least, on people\u2019s minds now for a while. So, it would be good to be able to refer to things related to it in Mandarin when speaking to people in the Mandarin field, or when speaking to our brothers and sisters in the truth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/img\/covid_virus-40.jpg\" alt=\"electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2\u2014also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p><i>An electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2\u2014also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19<\/i><br \/>\n<a title=\"Creative Commons \u2014 Attribution 2.0 Generic\n  \u2014 CC BY 2.0\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/img\/by.svg\" alt=\"Creative Commons Attribution License logo\" style=\"display: inline-block\" height=\"18\"><\/a>&nbsp;<a title=\"About NIAID | Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/niaid\/\">NIAID<\/a><br \/>\n<!--photo source: https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/niaid\/49534865371\/in\/photostream\/--><\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s MEotW, \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>D\u00e9\u2019\u011brt\u01ce<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">Delta<\/span>\n\u5fb7\u5c14\u5854\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5fb7\u723e\u5854<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, is one of the more \u201cMandariny\u201d ways to say \u201cDelta\u201d\u2014as in the Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19\u2014in Mandarin.<\/p>\n<p>There are, however, other ways to say \u201cDelta\u201d in Mandarin, e.g.:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>D\u011bi\u2019\u011brt\u01ce<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">Delta<\/span>\n\u5f97\u5c14\u5854\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5f97\u723e\u5854<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle; delta]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n[<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>x\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">form; shape<\/span>\n\u5f62)<\/span>]\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle (of)]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>zh\u014du<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{river islets\/islands} \u2192<\/span> [(river) delta]<\/span>\n\u6d32)<\/span>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle; delta]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>y\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">wing<\/span>\n\u7ffc)<\/span>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To get an idea of how commonly used these expressions are compared to each other, consider the numbers of Google search results involving these expressions, together with \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u01d2ng\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 kind; type; variety \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[mutation; variant; variety]<\/span>\n\u53d8\u79cd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7a2e<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d (a <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/09\/20\/bianzhong\/\" title=\"bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng - Mandarin Expression of the Week\">past MEotW<\/a>) and \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0ny\u00ec zh\u016b<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((bi\u00e0n\u00b7y\u00ec\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 {to be different}<\/span>\n\u53d8\u5f02\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7570<\/span>)\n(zh\u016b\n<span class=\"lit\">{trunk of a tree \u2192 [strain]}<\/span>\n\u682a)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[(virus) strain\/variant]<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, two common ways to say \u201cvariant\u201d:<\/p>\n<table>\n<caption>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>D\u00e9\u2019\u011brt\u01ce<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">Delta<\/span>\n\u5fb7\u5c14\u5854\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5fb7\u723e\u5854<\/span>)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center\">\n<th>Search Terms<\/th>\n<th>Google Results Approx. No.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u5fb7\u5c14\u5854\u53d8\u79cd\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>D\u00e9\u2019\u011brt\u01ce<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">Delta<\/span>\n\u5fb7\u5c14\u5854\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5fb7\u723e\u5854<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u01d2ng\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 kind; type; variety \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[mutation; variant; variety]<\/span>\n\u53d8\u79cd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7a2e<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">619,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u5fb7\u5c14\u5854\u53d8\u5f02\u682a\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>D\u00e9\u2019\u011brt\u01ce<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">Delta<\/span>\n\u5fb7\u5c14\u5854\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5fb7\u723e\u5854<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0ny\u00ec zh\u016b<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((bi\u00e0n\u00b7y\u00ec\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 {to be different}<\/span>\n\u53d8\u5f02\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7570<\/span>)\n(zh\u016b\n<span class=\"lit\">{trunk of a tree \u2192 [strain]}<\/span>\n\u682a)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[(virus) strain\/variant]<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">1,980,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<caption>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>D\u011bi\u2019\u011brt\u01ce<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">Delta<\/span>\n\u5f97\u5c14\u5854\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5f97\u723e\u5854<\/span>)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center\">\n<th>Search Terms<\/th>\n<th>Google Results Approx. No.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u5f97\u5c14\u5854\u53d8\u79cd\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>D\u011bi\u2019\u011brt\u01ce<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">Delta<\/span>\n\u5f97\u5c14\u5854\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5f97\u723e\u5854<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u01d2ng\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 kind; type; variety \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[mutation; variant; variety]<\/span>\n\u53d8\u79cd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7a2e<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">824<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u5f97\u5c14\u5854\u53d8\u5f02\u682a\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>D\u011bi\u2019\u011brt\u01ce<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">Delta<\/span>\n\u5f97\u5c14\u5854\n<span class=\"trad\">\u5f97\u723e\u5854<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0ny\u00ec zh\u016b<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((bi\u00e0n\u00b7y\u00ec\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 {to be different}<\/span>\n\u53d8\u5f02\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7570<\/span>)\n(zh\u016b\n<span class=\"lit\">{trunk of a tree \u2192 [strain]}<\/span>\n\u682a)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[(virus) strain\/variant]<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">13,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<caption>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle; delta]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n[<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>x\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">form; shape<\/span>\n\u5f62)<\/span>]<br \/>\n<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center\">\n<th>Search Terms<\/th>\n<th>Google Results Approx. No.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u4e09\u89d2\u53d8\u79cd\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle; delta]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u01d2ng\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 kind; type; variety \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[mutation; variant; variety]<\/span>\n\u53d8\u79cd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7a2e<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u4e09\u89d2\u53d8\u5f02\u682a\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle; delta]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0ny\u00ec zh\u016b<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((bi\u00e0n\u00b7y\u00ec\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 {to be different}<\/span>\n\u53d8\u5f02\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7570<\/span>)\n(zh\u016b\n<span class=\"lit\">{trunk of a tree \u2192 [strain]}<\/span>\n\u682a)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[(virus) strain\/variant]<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u4e09\u89d2\u5f62\u53d8\u79cd\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle; delta]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>x\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">form; shape<\/span>\n\u5f62)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u01d2ng\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 kind; type; variety \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[mutation; variant; variety]<\/span>\n\u53d8\u79cd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7a2e<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u4e09\u89d2\u5f62\u53d8\u5f02\u682a\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle; delta]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>x\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">form; shape<\/span>\n\u5f62)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0ny\u00ec zh\u016b<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((bi\u00e0n\u00b7y\u00ec\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 {to be different}<\/span>\n\u53d8\u5f02\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7570<\/span>)\n(zh\u016b\n<span class=\"lit\">{trunk of a tree \u2192 [strain]}<\/span>\n\u682a)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[(virus) strain\/variant]<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<caption>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle (of)]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>zh\u014du<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{river islets\/islands} \u2192<\/span> [(river) delta]<\/span>\n\u6d32)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center\">\n<th>Search Terms<\/th>\n<th>Google Results Approx. No.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u4e09\u89d2\u6d32\u53d8\u79cd\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle (of)]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>zh\u014du<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{river islets\/islands} \u2192<\/span> [(river) delta]<\/span>\n\u6d32)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u01d2ng\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 kind; type; variety \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[mutation; variant; variety]<\/span>\n\u53d8\u79cd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7a2e<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">20,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u4e09\u89d2\u6d32\u53d8\u5f02\u682a\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle (of)]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>zh\u014du<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{river islets\/islands} \u2192<\/span> [(river) delta]<\/span>\n\u6d32)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0ny\u00ec zh\u016b<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((bi\u00e0n\u00b7y\u00ec\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 {to be different}<\/span>\n\u53d8\u5f02\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7570<\/span>)\n(zh\u016b\n<span class=\"lit\">{trunk of a tree \u2192 [strain]}<\/span>\n\u682a)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[(virus) strain\/variant]<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">982<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<caption>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle; delta]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>y\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">wing<\/span>\n\u7ffc)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center\">\n<th>Search Terms<\/th>\n<th>Google Results Approx. No.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u4e09\u89d2\u7ffc\u53d8\u79cd\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle; delta]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>y\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">wing<\/span>\n\u7ffc)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u01d2ng\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 kind; type; variety \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[mutation; variant; variety]<\/span>\n\u53d8\u79cd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7a2e<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">146<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"\u4e09\u89d2\u7ffc\u53d8\u5f02\u682a\"<\/code><br \/>\n(<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>s\u0101nji\u01ceo<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(s\u0101n\u00b7ji\u01ceo\n<span class=\"lit\">three \u00b7 {horns \u2192 [corners]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[triangle; delta]<\/span>\n\u4e09\u89d2)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>y\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">wing<\/span>\n\u7ffc)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0ny\u00ec zh\u016b<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((bi\u00e0n\u00b7y\u00ec\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 {to be different}<\/span>\n\u53d8\u5f02\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7570<\/span>)\n(zh\u016b\n<span class=\"lit\">{trunk of a tree \u2192 [strain]}<\/span>\n\u682a)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[(virus) strain\/variant]<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(Note that the quotation marks in the search terms tell Google to look for the exact sequences of characters that are inside the quotation marks\u2014the results of searching <em>without<\/em> the quotation marks can be very different.)<\/p>\n<h4>Sounds Like\u2026<\/h4>\n<p>You may notice that the ways to say \u201cDelta\u201d in Mandarin can be divided into<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>those that are derived from the <em>meaning<\/em> of \u201cDelta\u201d (the uppercase Greek letter delta (\u0394), or something that looks like a triangle like it does), and<\/li>\n<li>those that are derived from the <em>sound<\/em> of the English word \u201cDelta\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is evident from the above Google search results that overall, saying \u201cDelta\u201d in Mandarin using expressions that <em>sound<\/em> like the English word \u201cDelta\u201d is much more common than doing so using expressions that <em>mean<\/em> what \u201cDelta\u201d means, or that mean something that looks like what a \u201cDelta\u201d looks like.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as was shown in the <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/09\/20\/bianzhong\/\" title=\"bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng - Mandarin Expression of the Week\">MEotW post<\/a> about \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u01d2ng\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 kind; type; variety \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[mutation; variant; variety]<\/span>\n\u53d8\u79cd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7a2e<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, when talking or writing in Mandarin about the Delta variant, it is very common for people to just use the actual English word \u201cDelta\u201d, which <em>sounds<\/em> more like the English word \u201cDelta\u201d than anything else, and is not a Mandarin word written using the supposedly <a href=\"http:\/\/pinyin.info\/readings\/texts\/ideographic_myth.html\" title=\"Ideographic Myth\">ideographic<\/a> (representing <em>meaning<\/em> through visible symbols) Chinese characters.<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 2em\">\n<caption>\n\t\t\tDelta<br \/>\n<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center\">\n<th>Search Terms<\/th>\n<th>Google Results Approx. No.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"delta\u53d8\u79cd\"<\/code><br \/>\n(Delta <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0nzh\u01d2ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u01d2ng\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 kind; type; variety \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[mutation; variant; variety]<\/span>\n\u53d8\u79cd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7a2e<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">2,230,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n\t\t\t\t<code>\"delta\u53d8\u5f02\u682a\"<\/code><br \/>\n(Delta <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u00e0ny\u00ec zh\u016b<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((bi\u00e0n\u00b7y\u00ec\n<span class=\"lit\">changed \u00b7 {to be different}<\/span>\n\u53d8\u5f02\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8b8a\u7570<\/span>)\n(zh\u016b\n<span class=\"lit\">{trunk of a tree \u2192 [strain]}<\/span>\n\u682a)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[(virus) strain\/variant]<\/span>)<\/span>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">1,750,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>It is no surprise to linguists (language scientists\/scholars) that people naturally focus on what words sound like when spoken, because, while of course meaning is what, well, gives life meaning, one of the basic principles of modern linguistics (the scientific study of language) is that <strong>speech is primary, and writing is secondary<\/strong>. That means that God designed us humans to express meaning via language primarily using <em>speech<\/em> that is heard, not writing that is seen, no matter how much lovers of Chinese characters traditionally focus on that visually intricate writing system above all else.\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/46\/14#study=discover&amp;v=46:14:8-46:14:11\" title=\"1 Corinthians 14 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">1 Corinthians 14:8\u201311<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Note: Tap\/click on a expression to reveal its \u201cflashcard\u201d, tap\/click on a \u201cflashcard\u201d or its expression to hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d.] As of this writing, deep in the year 2021, the subject of the COVID-19 pandemic has been, to say the least, on people\u2019s minds now for a while. 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