{"id":8064,"date":"2026-09-28T22:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?p=8064"},"modified":"2026-09-28T23:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:01:57","slug":"baihe%e2%80%90hua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/09\/28\/baihe%e2%80%90hua\/","title":{"rendered":"b\u01ceih\u00e9\u2010hu\u0101"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<h1 style=\"display: none\">&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\t\t<h2 style=\"display: none\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">b\u01ceih\u00e9<sup class=\"plus\">+<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u01cei\u00b7h\u00e9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred (things)} \u00b7 {closed \u2192 [joined]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[lily]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u5408)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">hu\u0101<sup class=\"plus\">+<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">flower<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u82b1)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%);\"> \ud83d\udc48\ud83c\udffc Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>\n<\/h3>\n\n<p>[<strong>Notes:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%)\">Tap\/click on a <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\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)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> expression to hide the<\/span> <span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>. <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> \u2795 icons mean <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <strong>Reveal All<\/strong>, <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <strong>Reveal Advanced<\/strong>, and \u2795 <strong>Reveal + Symbols<\/strong> re all the <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\u201cflashcards\u201d<\/span> in the heading, paragraph, etc. that they are placed at the beginning of.]<\/p>\n<p>Rather than dismissively thinking to ourselves that the songs produced by the organization are \u201cjust songs\u201d, we should remember that the slave class takes seriously its responsibility to provide spiritual food to God\u2019s people, and so it is going to make sure that the lyrics in its songs are spiritually correct, while also being emotionally moving.\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/26\/33#study=discover&#038;v=26:33:32\" title=\"Ezekiel 33 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Ezekiel 33:32<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/40\/24#study=discover&#038;v=40:24:45\" title=\"Matthew 24 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Matthew 24:45<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>\u201cA Hundred (Things) Joined\u201d<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/img\/2026\/screenshots\/iPhone_13_mini-Song_163-Music-baihe-hua-1200.png\" alt=\"\u201cb\u01ceih\u00e9\u2010hu\u0101\u201d _P\u012bny\u012bn_+ info, Song 163 (music+_P\u012bny\u012bn_), on iPhone 13 mini (landscape orientation)\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\">This week\u2019s MEotW in the unofficial <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus \/ <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><sup>+<\/sup> resource <a title=\"\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn+Music, P\u012bny\u012bn Plus \/ P\u012bny\u012bn+, Web)\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/sjj\/Pinyin_Plus\/\"><i>\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d<\/i> Bk. (<i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i>+Music, <i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i> Plus \/ <i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><sup>+<\/sup>, Web)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s MEotW, <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>\u201cb\u01ceih\u00e9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u01cei\u00b7h\u00e9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred (things)} \u00b7 {closed \u2192 [joined]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[lily]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u5408)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>hu\u0101<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">flower<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u82b1)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> comes from the second verse of song 163, this year\u2019s convention song, which is entitled \u201cHappy Are These Eyes\u201d in English and <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>\u201cW\u01d2 de<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t((W\u01d2\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Me<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6211)\n\t\t\t(de\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">\u2019s<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7684)\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[My]<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>Y\u01cenjing<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Y\u01cen\u00b7jing\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Eyes\u2019 \u00b7 Eyeballs \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Eyes]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u773c\u775b)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>Du\u014dme<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Du\u014d\u00b7me\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{(How) Much} \u00b7 <i>[suf]<\/i> \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[How]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u591a\u4e48\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u591a\u9ebc<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>Y\u01d2uf\u00fa<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Y\u01d2u\u00b7f\u00fa\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">Have \u00b7 Blessings \u2192<\/span> [Are Happy]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6709\u798f)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> in Mandarin:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/d\/r1\/lp-e\/1102022963#h=18-20\" title=\"Happy Are These Eyes \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">English<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nAs the <strong>lilies<\/strong> grow in the field,<br \/>\nHow the love God shows is revealed!<br \/>\nIf he cares for them, I know he\u2019ll care for me.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mandarin (<a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/cmn-Hans\/wol\/d\/r23\/lp-chs-rb\/1102022963#h=18-20\" title=\"\u6211\u7684\u773c\u775b\u591a\u4e48\u6709\u798f\uff01 \u2014 \u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u7ebf\u4e0a\u4e66\u5e93\">WOL<\/a>, <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><sup>+<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/sjj\/Pinyin_Plus\/songs\/sjj-163.html#verse2\" title=\"163 - \u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn+Music, P\u012bny\u012bn+, Web)\">\ud83d\udd17<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" class=\"plusinfotransl hand\" title=\"Reveal All\" aria-label=\"Reveal All\" role=\"button\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" class=\"plusinfotransl hand\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" aria-label=\"Reveal Advanced\" role=\"button\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"plusPlusParentNode(this)\" class=\"hand\" title=\"Reveal + Symbols\" aria-label=\"Reveal + Symbols\" role=\"button\">\u2795<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<strong>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">B\u01ceih\u00e9<sup class=\"plus\">+<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(B\u01cei\u00b7h\u00e9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred (things)} \u00b7 {closed \u2192 [joined]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[lily]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u5408)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">hu\u0101<sup class=\"plus\">+<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">flowers<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u82b1)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">sh\u00e8ngk\u0101i<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(sh\u00e8ng\u00b7k\u0101i\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">flourish \u00b7 open \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[bloom]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u76db\u5f00\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u76db\u958b<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">z\u00e0i<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">in<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5728)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">y\u011bd\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(y\u011b\u00b7d\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{open country \u2192 [wild]} \u00b7 ground \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[countryside]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u91ce\u5730)<\/span>,\n\n\t\t\t<br>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">Sh\u00e0ngd\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Sh\u00e0ng\u00b7d\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Above\u2019s \u00b7 {Emperor \u2192 [God]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[God]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e0a\u5e1d)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">r\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">makes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8ba9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u8b93<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">t\u0101men<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(t\u0101\u00b7men\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">it \u00b7 <i>[pl]<\/i> \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[them]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5b83\u4eec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u5b83\/\u7260\u5011<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">du\u014d<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{(how) much}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u591a)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">m\u011bil\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{to be beautiful}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7f8e\u4e3d\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u7f8e\u9e97<\/span>)<\/span>,\n\n\t\t\t<br>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">T\u0101<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">he<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4ed6)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">\u00e0ih\u00f9<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(\u00e0i\u00b7h\u00f9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">loves \u00b7 protects \u2192<\/span> [takes good care of]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7231\u62a4\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u611b\u8b77<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">hu\u0101du\u01d2<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(hu\u0101\u00b7du\u01d2\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">flowers \u00b7 <i>[mw for flowers, clouds, etc.]<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\u82b1\u6735)<\/span>,\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">y\u00edd\u00ecng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(y\u00ed\u00b7d\u00ecng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{(with) one} \u00b7 {setting fixedly} \u2192<\/span> [definitely]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e00\u5b9a)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">hu\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">will<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4f1a\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u6703<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">g\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{more so}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u66f4)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">\u00e0i<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">love<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7231\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u611b<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\">w\u01d2<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">me<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6211)<\/span>.\n\n\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the above example, <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>\u201cb\u01ceih\u00e9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u01cei\u00b7h\u00e9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred (things)} \u00b7 {closed \u2192 [joined]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[lily]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u5408)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>hu\u0101<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">flowers<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u82b1)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> is used to correspond to \u201clilies\u201d. According to my mother, who used to be a teacher in China, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morpheme\" title=\"Morpheme - Wikipedia\">morphemes<\/a> in <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>\u201cb\u01ceih\u00e9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u01cei\u00b7h\u00e9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred (things)} \u00b7 {closed \u2192 [joined]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[lily]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u5408)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> refer to \u201ca hundred (things, likely flower petals)\u201d \u201cjoined\u201d. (Considering how beautiful lilies can be, and considering some of the other possible meanings of the morphemes involved, one may also speculate that another possible meaning could be \u201chundred agreeablenesses\u201d, that is, \u201cwholly agreeable\u201d.) The last morpheme <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>\u201chu\u0101<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">flower; blossom [\u2192 [spend; expend | pattern; design]] | {[is] flowery}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u82b1)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> is a well-known expression that means \u201cflower\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In additin to <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>\u201cb\u01ceih\u00e9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u01cei\u00b7h\u00e9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred (things)} \u00b7 {closed \u2192 [joined]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[lily]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u5408)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>hu\u0101<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">flower<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u82b1)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> many other Mandarin expressions also use <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>\u201cb\u01cei<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">hundred [\u2192 [numerous; all [kinds of]]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> which literally means \u201chundred\u201d, to effectively mean \u201cnumerous; all\u201d. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>b\u01ceik\u0113\u2010qu\u00e1nsh\u016b<\/i><sup class=\"plus\">+<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t((b\u01cei\u00b7k\u0113\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred \u2192 [numerous]} \u00b7 {branches of study} \u2192 [encyclopedic]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u79d1)\u2010(qu\u00e1n\u00b7sh\u016b\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">complete \u00b7 book<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5168\u4e66\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u5168\u66f8<\/span>)\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[encyclopedia\/encyclop\u00e6dia]<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>b\u01ceiw\u00f9<\/i><sup class=\"plus\">+<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u01cei\u00b7w\u00f9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{hundred \u2192<\/span> [all]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span> \u00b7 things<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u7269)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>b\u01ceix\u00ecng<\/i><sup class=\"plus\">+<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u01cei\u00b7x\u00ecng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred \u2192 [all]} \u00b7 surnames \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[common people | all existing surnames]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u59d3)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>Zh\u016bz\u01d0\u2010B\u01ceiji\u0101<\/i><sup class=\"plus\">+<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t((Zh\u016b\u00b7z\u01d0\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Various \u00b7 Masters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8bf8\u5b50\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u8af8\u5b50<\/span>)\u2010(B\u01cei\u00b7ji\u0101\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Hundred \u2192 [Numerous]} \u00b7 {Families \u2192 [Schools of Thought]}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u5bb6)\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[The Hundred Schools of Thought]<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hundred_Schools_of_Thought\" title=\"Hundred Schools of Thought - Wikipedia\">Wikipedia article<\/a> about these ancient Chinese philosophies and schools of thought)\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Attempted Hijacking<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lilium#Symbolism\" title=\"Lilium - Wikipedia\">Wikipedia page for lilies<\/a> lists several items regarding symbolisms relating to lilies. One worldly symbolism that it may be good for us in the Mandarin field to be aware of is described there as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nWhite lilies have been used since the Romantic era of Japanese literature to symbolize beauty and purity in women, and are a <i>de facto<\/i> symbol of the <i>yuri<\/i> genre <i>(yuri<\/i> (\u767e\u5408) translates literally to &#8220;lily&#8221;),<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lilium#cite_note-129\" title=\"(Wikipedia source information)\">[source]<\/a><\/sup> which describes the portrayal of intimate love, sex, or emotional connections between women. The term <i>Yurizoku<\/i> (\u767e\u5408\u65cf; lit. &#8220;lily tribe&#8221;) was coined in 1976 by Ito Bungaku, editor of the gay men&#8217;s magazine <i>Barazoku<\/i> (see above), to refer to his female readers.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lilium#cite_note-heya-1-130\" title=\"(Wikipedia source information)\">[source]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lilium#cite_note-WhatIsYuri-131\" title=\"(Wikipedia source information)\">[source]<\/a><\/sup> While not all those women were lesbians, and it is unclear whether this was the first instance of the term <i>yuri<\/i> in this context, an association of <i>yuri<\/i> with lesbianism subsequently developed.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lilium#cite_note-132\" title=\"(Wikipedia source information)\">[source]<\/a><\/sup> In Korea and China, &#8220;lily&#8221; is used as a semantic loan from the Japanese usage to describe female-female romance media, where each use the direct translation of the term \u2013 <i>baekhap<\/i> (\ubc31\ud569) in Korea<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lilium#cite_note-133\" title=\"(Wikipedia source information)\">[source]<\/a><\/sup> and <i>b\u01ceih\u00e9<\/i> (\u767e\u5408) in China.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lilium#cite_note-134\" title=\"(Wikipedia source information)\">[source]<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, this seems to be an unfortunate hijacking or appropriation by Satan\u2019s world of something beautiful that Jehovah made, to instead represent something ugly and perverse in his eyes. Another example of this is the hijacking or appropriation in the world of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rainbow_flag_(LGBTQ)#:~:text=a%20symbol%20of%20LGBTQ%20pride\" title=\"Rainbow flag (LGBTQ) - Wikipedia\">rainbow<\/a> to be \u201ca symbol of LGBTQ pride\u201d, when Jehovah God himself said that actually, the rainbow is \u201cthe sign of the covenant\u201d that \u201cnever again will all flesh be destroyed by the waters of a flood\u201d, which happened in the first place in large part because of the kinds of things that the world is misusing the rainbow to represent today. (<a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/1\/9#study=discover&#038;v=1:9:8-1:9:17\" title=\"Genesis 9 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Genesis 9:8\u201317<\/a>) So, when mentioning <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>\u201cb\u01ceih\u00e9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u01cei\u00b7h\u00e9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred (things)} \u00b7 {closed \u2192 [joined]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[lily]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u5408)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>hu\u0101<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">flower<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u82b1)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> in the Mandarin field, we should make clear what we mean, and stick to references like the mention of lilies in <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/40\/6#study=discover&#038;v=40:6:28-40:6:29\" title=\"Matthew 6 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Matthew 6:28, 29<\/a>, which seems to be the inspiration for the above-quoted snippet from song 163:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nAlso, why are you anxious about clothing? Take a lesson from the lilies of the field, how they grow; they do not toil, nor do they spin; but I tell you that not even Sol\u02b9o\u00b7mon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not only is the above use of <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>\u201cb\u01ceih\u00e9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u01cei\u00b7h\u00e9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred (things)} \u00b7 {closed \u2192 [joined]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[lily]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u5408)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>hu\u0101<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">flower<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u82b1)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> in harmony with Jehovah\u2019s standards, it obviously also long predates the worldly symbolism mentioned earlier. And of course, since Jehovah not only inspired the above-quoted scripture, but also <em>created<\/em> <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>b\u01ceih\u00e9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u01cei\u00b7h\u00e9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{hundred (things)} \u00b7 {closed \u2192 [joined]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[lily]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u767e\u5408)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>hu\u0101<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">flowers<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u82b1)<\/span> in the first place, he certainly gets the final say regarding what they should mean to us!<\/p>\n<h4>Musical Notation \ud83c\udfbc and the Mandarin Field<\/h4>\n<p>In this post about a Mandarin expression found in our songbook, another subject that I want to touch on is: Is musical notation \ud83c\udfbc too hard to be worth the trouble of producing it and using it? Are fewer and fewer people able to read it? I was fortunate enough to have been taught how to read musical notation in school. I have never thought of musical notation as being particularly difficult to use (it\u2019s much easier to learn than characters, which many unquestioningly try to learn), and I find that it helps me to sing Kingdom songs more correctly (according to the intended melody, message, etc.) and more confidently more of the time. However, I am aware that not everyone in the Mandarin field has the same experience with musical notation. For example, a while ago, an older brother told me that he didn\u2019t know how to read musical notation. Also, some people in the Mandarin field may have been affected by how education systems in this old world have been facing <a href=\"https:\/\/artseddata.org\/millions-of-u-s-students-denied-access-to-music-education-according-to-first-ever-national-study\/\" title=\"Millions of U.S. Students Denied Access to Music Education, According to First-Ever National Study - Arts Education Data Project\">significant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/worldmetrics.org\/music-education-funding-statistics\/\" title=\"Music Education Funding Statistics Statistics: Market Data Report 2025\">challenges<\/a> relating to providing music education for younger ones.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of how the world may be failing in many cases to equitably provide good music education, Jehovah\u2019s organization has pointed out that music is important in Jehovah\u2019s worship. For example, not long ago, a <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/d\/r1\/lp-e\/202020286#h=4\" title=\"Praise Jehovah in Song \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Meeting Workbook<\/a> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMusic can have a powerful influence on the mind and body. Singing is an important part of our worship of Jehovah.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In accordance with the importance of music in Jehovah\u2019s worship, Mandarin field language learners used to have available to them official material from the organization containing musical notation with <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> in the lyrics. However, perhaps at least partially because of the technical difficulty and costliness of producing material with musical notation and both Chinese characters and <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> in the lyrics, as of this writing, there is no official material currently available from the organization that shows <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> and musical notation on the same page or screen.<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/img\/2025\/screenshots\/Sis_Koniger_Pinyin_songbooks-arrows.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Sis. Margarita K\u00f6niger and others using official _P\u012bny\u012bn_ _Sing to Jehovah_ songbooks with musical notation\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">A screenshot from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/videos\/#en\/mediaitems\/VODIntExpBlessings\/pub-jwbls_201609_1_VIDEO\" title=\"Online Video Library | JW.ORG Videos English\">official video<\/a>, of Sis. Margarita K\u00f6niger and others using official <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> <i>Sing to Jehovah<\/i> songbooks with musical notation<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The organization continues to publish official songbook material for different languages in general that contains musical notation, so it evidently still considers musical notation to generally be worthwhile to produce. It continues to produce official material for the current songbook that uses musical notation along with lyrics rendered only in Chinese characters, without <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><i>,<\/i> and it has even produced official <a href=\"https:\/\/cfp2.jw-cdn.org\/a\/e76337\/1\/o\/sjjls_s-Nmn_CHS.pdf\" title=\"\u5411\u8036\u548c\u534e\u9ad8\u58f0\u6b22\u5531 - \u7b80\u8c31\">material<\/a> that uses <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>ji\u01cenp\u01d4<\/i><sup class=\"plus\">+<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(ji\u01cen\u00b7p\u01d4\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">simple \u00b7 {register or record for reference \u2192 [musical notation]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[numbered musical notation]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7b80\u8c31\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u7c21\u8b5c<\/span>)<\/span> (a kind of musical notation also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Numbered_musical_notation\" title=\"Numbered musical notation - Wikipedia\">numbered musical notation<\/a>) and Chinese characters.<\/p>\n<p>For Jehovah\u2019s official organization, continuing to produce musical notation with lyrics rendered in Chinese characters but discontinuing production of musical notation that includes <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> lyrics when it becomes necessary to conserve time and effort makes sense, when we consider that the <em>primary focus<\/em> of Jehovah\u2019s official organization is to provide <em>spiritual<\/em> instruction, not <em>language<\/em> instruction, even though language instruction can provide significant practical help to people seeking to learn or teach sprititual truths. (Another reminder of this primary focus is the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/whats-new\/JW-Language-App-Discontinued\/\" title=\"JW Language\u00ae App Discontinued\">discontinuation<\/a> of the <i>JW Language<\/i> app.) The way the world is, with its deeply embedded traditions and prejudices, people whose mother tongue is Mandarin\u2014and who thus learn spiritual truths best in Mandarin\u2014mainly still use Chinese characters as their \u201cmother writing system\u201d, even as the game-changing practical benefits of <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> are obvious to unprejudiced Mandarin language learners.<\/p>\n<p>For those who find it helpful in their Mandarin field activities to put musical notation together with <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><i>,<\/i> the unofficial <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus \/ <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><sup>+<\/sup> resource <a title=\"\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn+Music, P\u012bny\u012bn Plus \/ P\u012bny\u012bn+, Web)\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/sjj\/Pinyin_Plus\/\"><i>\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d<\/i> Bk. (<i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i>+Music, <i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i> Plus \/ <i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><sup>+<\/sup>, Web)<\/a> exists and is continuing to be improved. As shown in the screenshot near the beginning of this post, this resource aids Mandarin field language learners by breaking with tradition and featuring lyrics in the musical notation that are only in relatively large-print <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> by default\u2014characters are relegated to <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus \/ <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><sup>+<\/sup> \u201cflashcards\u201d that are added as time allows.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the traditionally-used but unnecessarily extraordinarily complex characters that need to be accompanied by <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> before many are able to read them, <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> itself is a simple, elegant alphabetical <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/articles\/Pinyin_is_a_Good_Workable_Writing_System_On_Its_Own%E2%80%94Article.html\" title=\"Article: P\u012bny\u012bn Is a Good, Workable Writing System on Its Own\">full writing system for Mandarin<\/a> that is easy to learn and remember. Also, it is no harder to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Typesetting\" title=\"Typesetting - Wikipedia\">typeset<\/a> than other alphabetical writing systems with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diacritic\" title=\"Diacritic - Wikipedia\">diacritics<\/a>, such as the writing systems now used for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/fr\/biblioth%C3%A8que\/musique-cantiques\/chantons-joyeusement\/1-les-attributs-de-jehovah\/\" title=\"Cantique 1 : Les attributs de J\u00e9hovah | Chant chr\u00e9tien\">French<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/cs\/knihovna\/krestanske-pisne\/radostne-zpivejme\/1-jehovovy-vlastnosti\/\" title=\"P\u00edse\u0148 \u010d. 1: Jehovovy vlastnosti | K\u0159es\u0165ansk\u00e1 p\u00edse\u0148\">Czech<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/vi\/thu-vien\/bai-hat\/vui-mung-ca-hat\/1-duc-tinh-duc-giehova\/\" title=\"B\u00e0i h\u00e1t 1\u2014C\u00e1c \u0111\u1ee9c t\u00ednh c\u1ee7a \u0110\u1ee9c Gi\u00ea-h\u00f4-va | B\u00e0i h\u00e1t c\u1ee7a t\u00edn \u0111\u1ed3 \u0111\u1ea1o \u0110\u1ea5ng Ki-t\u00f4\">Vietnamese<\/a>, etc.<sup id=\"2026-09-28c1\"><a href=\"#2026-09-28n1\" title=\"Footnote\">*<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>In its <a title=\"Tips - \u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn+Music, P\u012bny\u012bn Plus \/ P\u012bny\u012bn+, Web)\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/sjj\/Pinyin_Plus\/#tips\"><strong>Tips:<\/strong><\/a> section at the bottom of its home page, the <a title=\"\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn+Music, P\u012bny\u012bn Plus \/ P\u012bny\u012bn+, Web)\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/sjj\/Pinyin_Plus\/\"><i>\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d<\/i> Bk. (<i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i>+Music, <i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i> Plus \/ <i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><sup>+<\/sup>, Web)<\/a> resource contains these links that some may find helpful:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Watchtower<\/i> article about the <i>\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d<\/i> book, with basic advice on how to improve our singing:\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/d\/r1\/lp-e\/2017641\" title=\"Make a Joyful Sound! \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Make a Joyful Sound!<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tResources for learning how to read musical notation \ud83c\udfbc:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZN41d7Txcq0\" title=\"How to read music - Tim Hansen - YouTube\">How to read music &#8211; Tim Hansen (YouTube video)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicnotes.com\/blog\/how-to-read-sheet-music\/\" title=\"How to Read Sheet Music: A Step-by-Step Guide \u2013 Musicnotes\">How To Read Sheet Music: A Step-by-Step Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>For convenience:<\/p>\n<p>The direct link for the <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus \/ <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><sup>+<\/sup> resource for the <i>\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d<\/i> book is:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<li><a title=\"\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn+Music, P\u012bny\u012bn Plus \/ P\u012bny\u012bn+, Web)\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/sjj\/Pinyin_Plus\/\"><i>\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d<\/i> Bk. (<i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i>+Music, <i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i> Plus \/ <i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><sup>+<\/sup>, Web)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The short link for Chinese field language-learning links for the <i>\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d<\/i> book is:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tiandi.info\/sjj\" title=\"\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d Book Links - tiandi.info\"><i>\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d<\/i> Book Links (<strong>tiandi.info\/sjj<\/strong>)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> and <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><sup>+<\/sup> web material based on the Mandarin <i>\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d<\/i> book will be made available in the <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus \/ <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><sup>+<\/sup> <a title=\"\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn+Music, P\u012bny\u012bn Plus, Web)\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/sjj\/Pinyin_Plus\/\">web resource<\/a> as time allows.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"border-top: solid 1px; line-height: .146em; margin-top: 2em; width: 25%\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"2026-09-28n1\" style=\"font-size: .8em\">* Thanks to ongoing advancements in personal computing hardware and software, producing material that contains things like musical notation and <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> text at reasonable cost is quicker and easier than ever. At this time, production of the musical notation in the <a title=\"\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn+Music, P\u012bny\u012bn Plus \/ P\u012bny\u012bn+, Web)\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/sjj\/Pinyin_Plus\/\"><i>\u201cSing Out Joyfully\u201d<\/i> Bk. (<i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i>+Music, <i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i> Plus \/ <i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><sup>+<\/sup>, Web)<\/a> resource begins in free open source software called <a href=\"https:\/\/musescore.org\" title=\"Free music composition and notation software | MuseScore\">MuseScore Studio<\/a>, running on a Mac. <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> text for the lyrics in the musical notation is entered using macOS\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/guide\/mac-help\/mh27474\/mac\" title=\"Enter characters with accent marks on Mac - Apple Support\">ABC &#8211; Extended input source<\/a> (keyboard layout). (Just using <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> text only here simplifies things so much compared to having to somehow input characters with <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruby_character\" title=\"Ruby character - Wikipedia\">ruby text<\/a>!) When it\u2019s ready, the musical notation for a song is exported from MuseScore Studio into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/Graphics\/SVG\/\" title=\"W3C SVG Working Group\">SVG<\/a> format, which is a plain text format that allows for the inclusion of links that activate <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><sup>+<\/sup> flashcards on webpages. (These SVG links are a bit more involved to produce than \u201cregular\u201d web <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><sup>+<\/sup> material, but at least the procedure for doing so is consistent and dependable, unlike Chinese characters, which have no consistent, dependable system regarding how they are designed compared to how they are pronounced.) The coding for the SVG links is currently done using the text editor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barebones.com\/products\/bbedit\/index.html\" title=\"Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 15\">BBEdit<\/a>, in which editing large text files is quite performant. For <span onclick=\"plus(this)\" class=\"hand\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span><sup>+<\/sup> web material production in general, my current favourite tool is <a href=\"https:\/\/nova.app\/\" title=\"Panic - Nova\">Nova<\/a>, but such web material can be produced in any application suitable for web development, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/\" title=\"Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined\">Visual Studio Code<\/a>, etc.&nbsp;<a href=\"#2026-09-28c1\" title=\"Return to main text\">^<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Notes: Tap\/click on a expression to reveal its \u201cflashcard\u201d; tap\/click on a \u201cflashcard\u201d or its expression to hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d. \ud83d\udcd6 \ud83d\udcc4 \u2795 icons mean \ud83d\udcd6 Reveal All, \ud83d\udcc4 Reveal Advanced, and \u2795 Reveal + Symbols re all the \u201cflashcards\u201d in the heading, paragraph, etc. that they are placed at the beginning of.] Rather than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[36,445,98,19,108,15],"tags":[424,342,506,22,25,37,496,501,121,260,154,38,502,473,576,499,451,12,565,500,153,504,93,503,421,507,29,229,78,640,513,143,505,301,495,471,227,296,498,136,497,413,508,275,126],"class_list":["post-8064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-experiences","category-history","category-language-learning","category-technology","category-theocratic","tag-sing-out-joyfully-bk","tag-alphabetic-writing","tag-bbedit","tag-china","tag-chinese-characters","tag-chinese-culture","tag-czech","tag-diacritics","tag-flashcards","tag-french","tag-iphone","tag-japanese-culture","tag-jianpu","tag-jw-language","tag-korea","tag-large-print","tag-macintosh","tag-mandarin","tag-margarita-koniger","tag-meeting-workbooks","tag-mobile-devices","tag-musescore-studio","tag-music","tag-music-education","tag-musical-notation","tag-nova","tag-pinyin","tag-pinyin-is-a-good-workable-writing-system-on-its-own","tag-pinyin-plus","tag-pinyin-2","tag-prejudice","tag-related-expressions","tag-ruby-text","tag-short-links","tag-singing","tag-svg","tag-the-watchtower","tag-tradition","tag-typesetting","tag-usage-examples","tag-vietnamese","tag-vietnamese-alphabet","tag-visual-studio-code","tag-web","tag-writing-systems"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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