What Does “Ju” Mean?
When I was living in China, newcomers, especially those who had been around for a few weeks or months and had started to pick up some new words and phrases, would often ask me, “what does ju (or some other word) mean?”
周寧
周寧現任華源協作夥伴關係與中國事工副總裁，並擔任《每週中國快訊》（ZGBriefs）編輯。
加入華源協作之前，周寧曾在中國工作 28 年，期間擔任過英語教師、語言學生及專案主任，也為在中國工作的機構與企業提供跨文化培訓。她曾在明尼蘇達州的西北大學（University of Northwestern–St. Paul）教授中文，並在惠頓學院（Wheaton College）及泰勒大學（Taylor University）教授中國文化與溝通。
周寧擁有西北大學社會科學學士學位，以及聖湯瑪斯大學（University of St. Thomas）教學碩士學位。
周寧著有 Survival Chinese Lessons 和 The Bells Are Not Silent: Stories of Church Bells in China 兩本書。
周寧也經營個人部落格 Outside-In（joannpittman.com），分享對中國、明尼蘇達州、旅行，以及「如何在不屬於自己的地方好好生活」等主題的觀察與思考。
讀者也可以透過 X（@jkpittman）及 Facebook（@authorjoannpittman）關注周寧的動態。
周寧目前定居美國明尼蘇達州新布萊頓（New Brighton）。
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