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\n\t\t\tz\u00eczh\u00ec<\/span>\n(z\u00ec\u00b7zh\u00ec\nself-\u00b7{controlling \u2192<\/span> [control]}<\/span><\/span>\n\u81ea\u5236)<\/span>\n\n \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n

The ninth and final part of the fruitage of the spirit listed is self-control.\u2014\nJi\u0101l\u0101t\u00e0ish\u016b<\/i><\/span>\n(Ji\u0101l\u0101t\u00e0i\u00b7sh\u016b\nGalatia \u00b7 Book \u2192<\/span> [Galatians]<\/span>\n\u52a0\u62c9\u592a\u4e66\n\u52a0\u62c9\u592a\u66f8<\/span>)<\/span> 5:22, 23<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Galatians<\/p>\n

The English word \u201cself-control\u201d is translated into Mandarin in the above scripture as \u201cz\u00eczh\u00ec<\/i><\/span>\n(z\u00ec\u00b7zh\u00ec\nself-\u00b7{controlling \u2192<\/span> [control]}<\/span><\/span>\n\u81ea\u5236)<\/span>\u201d, this week\u2019s MEotW.<\/p>\n

Literally a Verb, Effectively a Noun<\/h4>\n

Note that in \u201cz\u00eczh\u00ec<\/i><\/span>\n(z\u00ec\u00b7zh\u00ec\nself-\u00b7{controlling \u2192<\/span> [control]}<\/span><\/span>\n\u81ea\u5236)<\/span>\u201d, \u201czh\u00ec<\/i><\/span>\n({work out}; formulate; stipulate | restrict; control; govern | system; institution; -ism<\/span>\n\u5236)<\/span>\u201d is effectively used to mean the noun \u201ccontrol\u201d, even though in this context its literal meaning is actually the verb \u201ccontrolling\u201d. This seems to be a case of \u201czh\u00ec<\/i><\/span>\n({work out}; formulate; stipulate | restrict; control; govern | system; institution; -ism<\/span>\n\u5236)<\/span>\u201d acting as a verbal noun, or gerundial noun. Verbal\/gerundial nouns were discussed in the MEotW post<\/a> on \u201cji\u00e0od\u01ceo<\/i><\/span>\n(ji\u00e0o\u00b7d\u01ceo\nteaching \u00b7 {guiding [\u2192 [instructing]]}<\/span>\n\u6559\u5bfc\n\u6559\u5c0e<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d:<\/p>\n

One interesting thing to note about \u201cji\u00e0od\u01ceo<\/i><\/span>\n(ji\u00e0o\u00b7d\u01ceo\nteaching \u00b7 {guiding [\u2192 [instructing]]}<\/span>\n\u6559\u5bfc\n\u6559\u5c0e<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d (and about \u201cji\u00e0oxun<\/i><\/span>\n(teaching \u2192<\/span> [reprimanding | knowledge gained from an error]<\/span>\n\u6559\u8bad\n\u6559\u8a13<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, for that matter) is that their component morphemes<\/a> seem to basically be verbs. In certain contexts, however, they are used as nouns. An example of this being done in English is that \u201cteach\u201d and \u201cteaching\u201d are verbs (e.g. \u201cJesus was teaching<\/em> the crowd.\u201d), but in certain contexts, \u201cteaching\u201d is used as a noun (e.g. \u201cThe crowd was amazed at the teaching<\/em> Jesus shared with them.\u201d). When a word is used this way, it\u2019s called a verbal noun<\/a>, or a gerundial noun. Verbal nouns are quite common in Mandarin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Over-Simplified But Still Extaordinarily Complex?<\/h4>\n

The character \u201c\u5236\u201d, used to write the \u201czh\u00ec<\/i><\/span>\n({work out}; formulate; stipulate | restrict; control; govern | system; institution; -ism<\/span>\n\u5236)<\/span>\u201d in \u201cz\u00eczh\u00ec<\/i><\/span>\n(z\u00ec\u00b7zh\u00ec\nself-\u00b7{controlling \u2192<\/span> [control]}<\/span><\/span>\n\u81ea\u5236)<\/span>\u201d in both simplfied and traditional characters, is an interesting example of the different compromises involved in those two different writing systems.<\/p>\n

If one looks up the simplified character \u201c\u5236\u201d in a dictionary, one may see possible meanings as varied as \u201crestrict; control; govern\u201d, and \u201cmake; manufacture\u201d. It turns out that this is because the simplified character \u201c\u5236\u201d can correspond to the traditional character \u201c\u5236\u201d, which can mean \u201crestrict; control; govern\u201d, and it can also<\/em> correspond to the traditional character \u201c\u88fd\u201d, which means \u201cmake; manufacture\u201d.<\/p>\n

While using the single simplified character \u201c\u5236\u201d to correspond to both \u201c\u5236\u201d and \u201c\u88fd\u201d results in not requiring people to learn and remember the relatively complex traditional character \u201c\u88fd\u201d, it also results in the simplified character \u201c\u5236\u201d getting \u201coverloaded\u201d (a term<\/a> that\u2019s used in computer programming) with multiple meanings, which in turn can result in greater ambiguity. At the same time, the simplified character \u201c\u5236\u201d is still a character<\/em>\u2014it\u2019s still significantly more complex and hard to learn and remember than an alphabetic represention would be. In comparison, the traditional characters \u201c\u5236\u201d and \u201c\u88fd\u201d offer reduced ambiguity and can perhaps be said to work better as characters, but at the obvious cost of even greater complexity.<\/p>\n

Too Many Words That Sound the Same?<\/h4>\n

Those invested in characters may point out that even simplified characters are often less ambiguous than P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span>, which renders \u201c\u5236\u201d, \u201c\u88fd\u201d, and also every other character pronounced \u201czh\u00ec<\/i>\u201d as just \u201czh\u00ec<\/i>\u201d. The great advantage of P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span>, though, is its elegant simplicity and significantly greater ease of learning and remembering compared to any character writing system.<\/p>\n

It is indeed unfortunate that P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> has inherited a spoken Mandarin language that has come to have many homophones<\/a> in it, probably from centuries of inappropriate cultural reliance on characters that are seen<\/em> to disambiguate speech that is heard<\/em>, instead of just making sure that the speech itself<\/em> is not riddled with homophones. Even so, the truth is that today homophones are no more a problem in P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> than they are in spoken Mandarin<\/strong>, which people speak to each other all the time without having problems with homophones. How do Mandarin speech and the P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> that simply and directly represents it accomplish this? \u201cContent is king, but context is God.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

(For a more in-depth discussion about homophones in Mandarin and whether they really make P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> unworkable as a writing system for Mandarin, see the subheading \u201cBut There Are So Many Words That Sound the Same!\u201d<\/strong><\/a> in the article \u201cP\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Was Plan A<\/a>\u201d.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ninth and final part of the fruitage of the spirit listed is self-control.\u2014 5:22, 23. The English word \u201cself-control\u201d is translated into Mandarin in the above scripture as , this week\u2019s MEotW. Literally a Verb, Effectively a Noun Note that in , is effectively used to mean the noun \u201ccontrol\u201d, even though in this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,15],"tags":[25,37,58,60,103,29,199,46,136,54],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-theocratic","tag-chinese-characters","tag-chinese-culture","tag-context","tag-fruitage-of-the-spirit","tag-homophones","tag-pinyin","tag-pinyin-was-plan-a","tag-translation","tag-usage-examples","tag-verbal-nouns"],"yoast_head":"\nz\u00eczh\u00ec - Mandarin Expression of the Week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/12\/06\/zizhi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"z\u00eczh\u00ec - Mandarin Expression of the Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ninth and final part of the fruitage of the spirit listed is self-control.\u2014 5:22, 23. 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