In 1605, Matteo Ricci (Li Madou), an Italian missionary who came to China, first used the Latin alphabet to phoneticize Chinese characters.
Mandarin
但当圣神降临于你们身上时,你们将充满圣神的德能,要在耶路撒冷及全犹太和撒玛黎雅,并直到地极,为我作证人。
但當聖神降臨於你們身上時,你們將充滿聖神的德能,要在耶路撒冷及全猶太和撒瑪黎雅,並直到地極,為我作證人。
dàn dāng shèng shén jiàng lín yú nǐ men shēn shàng shí , nǐ men jiāng chōng mǎn shèng shén de dé néng , yào zài yē lù sā lěng jí quán yóu tài hé sā mǎ lí yǎ , bìng zhí dào dì jí , wèi wǒ zuò zhèng rén .
But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.
Mandarin
一个仆人不能事奉两个主;不是恶这个爱那个,就是重这个轻那个。你们不能又事奉神,又事奉玛门。
一個僕人不能事奉兩個主;不是惡這個愛那個,就是重這個輕那個。你們不能又事奉神,又事奉瑪門。
yī ge pú rén bù néng shì fèng liǎng ge zhǔ ; bù shì è zhè ge ài nà ge , jiù shì zhòng zhè ge qīng nà ge . nǐ men bù néng yòu shì fèng shén , yòu shì fèng mǎ mén .
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Mandarin
作为湿地精灵,天鹅的到来给冬日里的玛纳斯县国家湿地公园增添了很多生机和活力。
作為濕地精靈,天鵝的到來給冬日裏的瑪納斯縣國家濕地公園增添了很多生機和活力。
zuò wéi shī dì jīng líng , ti ā né de dào lái gěi dōng rì lǐ de mǎ nà sī xiàn guó jiā shī dì gōng yuán zēng tiān le hěn duō shēng jī hé huó lì .