Available for the Mandarin Bible Reading for the week of 2026-05-11 (next week!) (Isa.61:1–9): Proofread _Pīnyīn_ material (more correct and better-rendered than computer-generated _Pīnyīn_, easy to see & read on mobile) or better (e.g., _Pīnyīn_ Plus) troubadourworks.com/tiandi/nw...
— tiandi, Links News (@tiandilinksnews.bsky.social) May 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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[NOTE: For spiritual food (which is for you yourself to learn spiritual things from, and which ideally should be in your own mother tongue), please go to jw.org.
The supplementary language-learning material mentioned in this post is for helping you to learn about how the Mandarin language is used in an official publication, so that you will be better able to help others in the Mandarin language field.]
The latest, greatest version of the official Mandarin New World Translation Bible is now the 2026 Mandarin version of the Study Edition (nwtsty).
The existing Pīnyīn Plus web material resources based on the 2001 Edition, 2007 Printing (bi12) and the 2019 Edition, 2020 Printing (nwt) of the Mandarin NWT Bible will continue to be available, but they will not be significantly further developed. Instead, further development re Mandarin NWT Bible Pīnyīn Plus web material will be focused on the below resource that is based on the previous resources. This resource is in the process of being revised to match the latest 2026 Study Edition (nwtsty), with notes on each related page indicating where any material still based on older source material remains:
In the above resource, fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus web material is now available that matches many often-used scriptures in the current 2026 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible.
The material in the above resource with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on an older version of the Mandarin NWT Bible. Pīnyīn material in the above resource with a golden-hued background has been proofread to ensure that it is correct Pīnyīn that matches the current version of the Mandarin NWT Bible, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.
More existing material will be revised and more new material will be added in the above resource as time allows, e.g., as part of the process of producing Pīnyīn Plus web material for scriptures for other publications.
[NOTE: While the organization expresses valid general concerns here about posting copies of official publications to the Internet, there are good legal and spiritual reasons for concluding that those concerns do not apply to this particular material, since such material should NOT be considered to be infringing on copyright, and since such material is specifically designed to be, NOT SPIRITUAL FOOD, but rather, material FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING. See this disclaimer for more information.]
Available for the Mandarin Bible Reading for the week of 2025-04-07 (next week!) (Pr. 8:22–36): Fully Proofread _Pīnyīn_ Plus material (more correct and better-rendered than computer-generated _Pīnyīn_, mobile-friendly, context-appropriate meanings, …) https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/nwtsty/Pin
— tiandi, Links News (@tiandilinksnews.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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[NOTE: For spiritual food (which is for you yourself to learn spiritual things from, and which ideally should be in your own mother tongue), please go to jw.org.
The supplementary language-learning material mentioned in this post is for helping you to learn about how the Mandarin language is used in an official publication, so that you will be better able to help others in the Mandarin language field.]
The latest, greatest version of the official Mandarin New World Translation Bible is now the 2024 Mandarin version of the Study Edition (nwtsty).
The existing Pīnyīn Plus web material resources based on the 2001 Edition, 2007 Printing (bi12) and the 2019 Edition, 2020 Printing (nwt) of the Mandarin NWT Bible will continue to be available, but they will not be significantly further developed. Instead, further development re Mandarin NWT Bible Pīnyīn Plus web material will be focused on the below resource that is based on the previous resources. This resource is in the process of being revised to match the latest 2024 Study Edition (nwtsty), with notes on each related page indicating where any material still based on older source material remains:
In the above resource, fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus web material is now available that matches many often-used scriptures in the current 2024 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible.
The material in the above resource with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on an older version of the Mandarin NWT Bible. Pīnyīn material in the above resource with a golden-hued background has been proofread to ensure that it is correct Pīnyīn that matches the current version of the Mandarin NWT Bible, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.
More existing material will be revised and more new material will be added in the above resource as time allows, e.g., as part of the process of producing Pīnyīn Plus web material for scriptures for other publications.
[NOTE: While the organization expresses valid general concerns here about posting copies of official publications to the Internet, there are good legal and spiritual reasons for concluding that those concerns do not apply to this particular material, since such material should NOT be considered to be infringing on copyright, and since such material is specifically designed to be, NOT SPIRITUAL FOOD, but rather, material FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING. See this disclaimer for more information.]
[NOTE: For spiritual food (which is for you yourself to learn spiritual things from, and which ideally should be in your own mother tongue), please go to jw.org.
The supplementary language-learning material mentioned in this post is for helping you to learn about how the Mandarin language is used in an official publication, so that you will be better able to help others in the Mandarin language field.]
The latest, greatest version of the official Mandarin New World Translation Bible is now the 2023 Mandarin version of the Study Edition (nwtsty). (One noteworthy example of a scripture that has been revised is John 5:29. This is in line with the new understanding discussed in the September 2022 Watchtower.)
The existing Pīnyīn Plus web material resources based on the 2001 Edition, 2007 Printing (bi12) and the 2019 Edition, 2020 Printing (nwt) of the Mandarin NWT Bible will continue to be available, but they will not be significantly further developed. Instead, further development re Mandarin NWT Bible Pīnyīn Plus web material will be focused on the below resource that is based on the previous resources. This resource is in the process of being revised to match the latest 2023 Study Edition (nwtsty), with notes on each related page indicating where any material still based on older source material remains:
In the above resource, fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus web material is now available that matches many often-used scriptures in the current 2023 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible. (E.g., the page with John 5:29 is here.)
The material in the above resource with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on an older version of the Mandarin NWT Bible. Pīnyīn material in the above resource with a golden-hued background has been proofread to ensure that it is correct Pīnyīn that matches the current version of the Mandarin NWT Bible, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.
More existing material will be revised and more new material will be added in the above resource as time allows, e.g., as part of the process of producing Pīnyīn Plus web material for scriptures for other publications.
[NOTE: While the organization expresses valid general concerns here about posting copies of official publications to the Internet, there are good legal and spiritual reasons for concluding that those concerns do not apply to this particular material, since such material should NOT be considered to be infringing on copyright, and since such material is specifically designed to be, NOT SPIRITUAL FOOD, but rather, material FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING. See this disclaimer for more information.]
[NOTE: For spiritual food (which is for you yourself to learn spiritual things from, and which ideally should be in your own mother tongue), please go to jw.org.
The supplementary language-learning material mentioned in this post is for helping you to learn about how the Mandarin language is used in an official publication, so that you will be better able to help others in the Mandarin language field.]
The latest, greatest version of the official Mandarin New World Translation Bible is now the 2022 Mandarin version of the Study Edition (nwtsty).
The existing Pīnyīn Plus web material resources based on the 2001 Edition, 2007 Printing (bi12) and the 2019 Edition, 2020 Printing (nwt) of the Mandarin NWT Bible will continue to be available, but they will not be significantly further developed. Instead, further development re Mandarin NWT Bible Pīnyīn Plus web material will be focused on the below resource that is based on the previous resources. This resource is in the process of being revised to match the latest 2022 Study Edition (nwtsty), with notes on each related page indicating where any material still based on older source material remains:
In the above resource, fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus web material is now available that matches many often-used scriptures in the current 2022 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible.
The material in the above resource with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on an older version of the Mandarin NWT Bible. Pīnyīn material in the above resource with a golden-hued background has been proofread to ensure that it is correct Pīnyīn that matches the current version of the Mandarin NWT Bible, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.
More existing material will be revised and more new material will be added in the above resource as time allows, e.g., as part of the process of producing Pīnyīn Plus web material for scriptures for other publications.
[NOTE: While the organization expresses valid general concerns here about posting copies of official publications to the Internet, there are good legal and spiritual reasons for concluding that those concerns do not apply to this particular material, since such material should NOT be considered to be infringing on copyright, and since such material is specifically designed to be, NOT SPIRITUAL FOOD, but rather, material FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING. See this disclaimer for more information.]
[NOTE: For spiritual food (which is for you yourself to learn spiritual things from, and which ideally should be in your own mother tongue), please go to jw.org.
The supplementary language-learning material mentioned in this post is for helping you to learn about how the Mandarin language is used in an official publication, so that you will be better able to help others in the Mandarin language field.]
The latest, greatest version of the official Mandarin New World Translation Bible is now the 2021 Mandarin version of the Study Edition (nwtsty).
The existing Pīnyīn Plus web material resources based on the 2001 Edition, 2007 Printing (bi12) and the 2019 Edition, 2020 Printing (nwt) of the Mandarin NWT Bible will continue to be available, but they will not be significantly further developed. Instead, further development re Mandarin NWT Bible Pīnyīn Plus web material will be focused on the below resource that is based on the previous resources. This resource is in the process of being revised to match the latest 2021 Study Edition (nwtsty), with notes on each related page indicating where any material still based on older source material remains:
In the above resource, fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus web material is now available that matches many often-used scriptures in the current 2021 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible.
Now, partially proofread Pīnyīn web material (more correct than computer-generated Pīnyīn like that displayed by apps like Equipd, and more mobile-friendly than PDFs) or more covering the Foreword and Appendix A4 (“The Divine Name in the Hebrew Scriptures”, referenced in the footnote for the Enjoy Life Forever! book, Lesson 4, Point 1) is also available.
The material in the above resource with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on an older version of the Mandarin NWT Bible. Pīnyīn material in the above resource with a golden-hued background has been proofread to ensure that it is correct Pīnyīn that matches the current version of the Mandarin NWT Bible, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.
More existing material will be revised and more new material will be added in the above resource as time allows, e.g., as part of the process of producing Pīnyīn Plus web material for scriptures for other publications.
[NOTE: While the organization expresses valid general concerns here about posting copies of official publications to the Internet, there are good legal and spiritual reasons for concluding that those concerns do not apply to this particular material, since such material should NOT be considered to be infringing on copyright, and since such material is specifically designed to be, NOT SPIRITUAL FOOD, but rather, material FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING. See this disclaimer for more information.]
[NOTE: For spiritual food (which is for you yourself to learn spiritual things from, and which ideally should be in your own mother tongue), please go to jw.org.
The supplementary language-learning material mentioned in this post is for helping you to learn about how the Mandarin language is used in an official publication, so that you will be better able to help others in the Mandarin language field.]
The latest, greatest version of the official Mandarin New World Translation Bible is now the 2021 Mandarin version of the Study Edition (nwtsty).
The existing Pīnyīn Plus web material resources based on the 2001 Edition, 2007 Printing (bi12) and the 2019 Edition, 2020 Printing (nwt) of the Mandarin NWT Bible will continue to be available, although they will likely not be significantly further developed. Instead, further development re Mandarin NWT Bible Pīnyīn Plus web material will be focused on a new resource that is based on the previous resources. This new resource is in the process of being revised to match the latest 2021 Study Edition (nwtsty), with notes on each related page indicating where any material still based on older source material remains:
In the above resource, fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus web material is now available that matches many often-used scriptures in the current 2021 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible.
The material in the above resource with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on an older version of the Mandarin NWT Bible. Pīnyīn material in the above resource with a golden-hued background has been proofread to ensure that it is correct Pīnyīn that matches the current version of the Mandarin NWT Bible, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.
More existing material will be revised and more new material will be added in the above resource as time allows, e.g., as part of the process of producing Pīnyīn Plus web material for scriptures for other publications.
[NOTE: While the organization expresses valid general concerns here about posting copies of official publications to the Internet, there are good legal and spiritual reasons for concluding that those concerns do not apply to this particular material, since such material should NOT be considered to be infringing on copyright, and since such material is specifically designed to be, NOT SPIRITUAL FOOD, but rather, material FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING. See this disclaimer for more information.]
The official Mandarin New World Translation Bible (nwt) was recently revised. The latest official version is now the 2019 Edition, 2020 Printing (nwt).
The Pīnyīn Plus web resource below has been revised to match the latest 2019 Edition, 2020 Printing (nwt), with notes on each related page indicating where any material still based on the older major version (2001 Edition, 2007 Printing (bi12)) remains:
In the above resource, fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus web material is now available that matches many often-used scriptures in the current 2019 Edition, 2020 Printing (nwt) of the Mandarin NWT Bible.
The material in the above resource with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on the older 2007 printing (bi12) of the Mandarin NWT Bible. Pīnyīn material in the above resource with a golden-hued background has been proofread to ensure that it is correct Pīnyīn that matches the 2020 Printing (nwt), but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.
The introduction for the above resource explains why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.
More existing material will be revised and more new material will be added in the above resource as time allows, e.g., as part of the process of producing Pīnyīn Plus web material for scriptures for other publications. Also, scripture labels will gradually be revised in such material for other publications, to indicate material that matches the 2020 Printing of the Mandarin NWT Bible (nwt).
(NOTE: While the organization expresses valid general concerns here about posting copies of official publications to the Internet, there are good legal and spiritual reasons for concluding that those concerns do not apply to this particular material, since such material should NOT be considered to be infringing on copyright, and since such material is specifically designed to be, NOT SPIRITUAL FOOD, but rather, material FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING. See this disclaimer for more information.)
Official Pīnyīn web material is now available on jw.org for certain publications.
To see if such material is available on jw.org for a certain publication, follow this path:
When a web page of text for that publication is loaded, a 显示拼音 checkbox will appear near the top of that page if Pīnyīn web material is available for it. (“显示拼音 (Xiǎnshì Pīnyīn)” means “Show Pīnyīn”.) Checking that checkbox will immediately cause Pīnyīn ruby text to appear over the Chinese characters on that web page. The setting will be “remembered” by your web browser for web pages like that web page.
Related information will be added to the affected short links as time allows.
(NOTE: While the organization expresses valid general concerns here about posting copies of official publications to the Internet, there are good legal and spiritual reasons for concluding that those concerns do not apply to this particular material, since such material should not be considered to be infringing on copyright, and since such material is specifically designed to be, not spiritual food, but rather, material for language learning. See this disclaimer for more information.)
The official Mandarin NWT Bible was recently revised. The latest official version is now the 2019 Edition, 2019 Printing (nwt), and it uses significantly revised wording compared to the previous version, the 2001 Edition, 2007 Printing (bi12).
The existing Pīnyīn Plus web material resource based on the previous 2001 Edition, 2007 Printing (bi12) of the Mandarin NWT Bible will continue to be available, although it will likely not be significantly further developed. Instead, further development re Mandarin NWT Bible Pīnyīn Plus web material will be focused on a new resource that is based on the previous resource. This new resource is in the process of being revised to match the latest 2019 Edition, 2019 Printing (nwt), with notes on each related page indicating where any material still based on the older version remains:
In the above resource, fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus web material is now available that matches many often-used scriptures in the current 2019 Edition, 2019 Printing (nwt) of the Mandarin NWT Bible.
The material in the above resource with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on the older 2007 printing (bi12) of the Mandarin NWT Bible. Pīnyīn material in the above resource with a golden-hued background has been proofread to ensure that it is correct Pīnyīn that matches the 2019 Printing (nwt), but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.
More existing material will be revised and more new material will be added in the above resource as time allows, e.g., as part of the process of producing Pīnyīn Plus web material for scriptures for other publications.
The full text of cited scriptures in Pīnyīn Plus resources has begun to be revised to match the new edition of the Mandarin NWT (nwt). At the time of this writing, this revision process has begun with these resources:
This revision process will continue with the available Pīnyīn Plus resources as time allows. Meanwhile, as time allows, the full text of the remaining unrevised scriptures will be marked as being from the older bi12 edition, and a link will be provided for each remaining unrevised scripture to the corresponding text in the new nwt edition on the Pīnyīn WOL.
As reported in a news article on the organization’s official website jw.org, a revised edition of the official Mandarin New World Translation Bible has been released.
Note that while the above article refers to “the revised edition of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures in Chinese”, a later short news article elsewhere on jw.org clarifies that the revised edition is in these languages:
It’s good to have this clarification because publications are now available on jw.org in various languages used by Chinese people, as shown in this screenshot:
The first article mentioned above provides these further details:
The revised New World Translation was…released in three editions. Traditional and simplified Chinese are available both in printed and digital format, while the edition including Pinyin is available on Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY™.
(While Pīnyīn linguistically qualifies as a full writing system for Modern Standard Mandarin, the organization currently categorizes its official Pīnyīn publications under the language category of Chinese Mandarin (Simplified) - 中文简体（普通话）, which mainly uses Simplified Chinese characters as its writing system. When that language is selected in the Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY, an option becomes available to add Pīnyīn above the Simplified Chinese characters.)
Corresponding downloads for the new Simp. & Trad. Chinese editions are also available in the JW Library app. Hopefully Pīnyīn material soon will be available in the JW Library app as well.
The previous Simp. & Trad. Chinese and Pīnyīn editions of the Mandarin NWT in the Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY and the previous Simp. & Trad. Chinese editions of the Mandarin NWT in the JW Library app will remain available with the identifying text “(bi12)”, while the new editions will have the identifying text “(nwt)”. (In the JW Library app, updates to the previous Simp. & Trad. Chinese editions of the Mandarin NWT will have to first be downloaded in order for the identifying text “(bi12)” to appear for them.)
On the Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY, scripture links in Mandarin publications now point to the new edition of the Mandarin NWT (nwt). The linked-to full text of cited scriptures in existing Pīnyīn Plus material will similarly be revised as time allows, and the new edition of the Mandarin NWT (nwt) will be used as the basis for such material in Pīnyīn Plus resources going forward. The existing Pīnyīn Plus resource for the previous edition of the Mandarin NWT (bi12) will continue to be available, but the bulk of new development work will be focused on the separate resource for the new edition (nwt) that should become available soon.
Interestingly, in addition to the revisions to the Chinese characters used in the new Mandarin NWT editions, the renderings of at least some Pīnyīn expressions have also been revised in the new official Pīnyīn edition. E.g., right in the title, we can see:
It’s hard for those of us who have just become aware of the revised edition to say at this point how much this one example is indicative of a larger pattern, but it does match in principle the recent tendency in Pīnyīn Plus material to break up long words into shorter words that are easier to parse, or read.
This new edition of the Mandarin NWT was obviously the result of much hard work, and of much careful thought that was put into continuing to work out how the thoughts in the Bible should be expressed with Mandarin words. Evidently, that hard work and careful thought was extended to be applied to continuing to work out how Pīnyīn should be used to write those Mandarin words. It is evident that to Jehovah and his organization, it matters what words we use in the Mandarin field, and it matters how we write them, regardless of whether we use characters or Pīnyīn to do so.
Because these things matter, serious efforts are also made to apply hard work and careful thought to all aspects of the design, translation, production, etc. involved in making Pīnyīn Plus material available. However we serve in the Mandarin field, may we all seek to apply hard work and careful thought so as “to find delightful words and to record accurate words of truth”, as those who worked on the new edition of the Mandarin NWT have obviously done.—Ec. 12:10.
While we greatly appreciate the availability of the official Pīnyīn NWT Bible PDF file, the PDF format was conceived of in a world dominated by paper. Unfortunately, that means that PDF files are often not optimal for reading on the mobile devices that are now so prevalent among Mandarin field publishers.
The Pīnyīn Plus NWT Bible web material that is now available has been designed to be mobile-first, so it automatically adjusts itself to be optimal for reading on mobile devices of various shapes and sizes, including tablets and smartphones 📱.
Partially proofread Pīnyīn web material (better at least than auto-generated Pīnyīn like that displayed by the Equipd app, and more mobile-friendly than the older 3-line PDFs) or better is now available for the March 26–April 1 Bible Reading:
A screenshot of the above-mentioned material being used offline on an iPhone 📱, using the app GoodReader. (Other similar apps can also be used, e.g. Documents.)
The above-mentioned material has been proofread at least to the extent that someone reading it out can sound right, just like someone can when reading from the official Pīnyīn NWT Bible PDF file.
Additionally, partially proofread Pīnyīn web material (better at least than auto-generated Pīnyīn like that displayed by the Equipd app, and more mobile-friendly than the older 3-line PDFs) or better is now available for the Bible Readings from April 2 to April 15.
The above material is part of this resource:
To expand on why the above resource provides an excellent Mandarin reading experience on mobile devices:
The introduction for the above resource explains why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own. Here is a quote:
“Taken as a bewitchingly complex, independent system for directly representing meanings visually, the characters can actually be a distraction or a diversion from the Mandarin words themselves, which are already a system for representing meanings through Mandarin speech sounds. Really, a Mandarin word still means what it means, no more and no less, whether it is spoken, written in characters, or written in Pīnyīn. Shakespeare said that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, and indeed, a rose would smell as sweet whether the spoken Mandarin word for it is written as “玫瑰” or as “méigui”. Writing the word in characters does not add to its meaning, and writing it in Pīnyīn does not take away from its meaning.”
To expand on the points listed re the above resource, note that:
While we greatly appreciate the availability of the official Pīnyīn NWT Bible PDF file, the PDF format was conceived of in a world dominated by paper. Unfortunately, that means that PDF files are often not optimal for reading on the mobile devices that are now so prevalent among Mandarin field publishers.
The Pīnyīn Plus NWT Bible web material that is now available has been designed to be mobile-first, so it automatically adjusts itself to be optimal for reading on mobile devices of various shapes and sizes, including tablets and smartphones 📱.
Proofread Pīnyīn web material for the March 19–25 Bible Reading is now available:
A screenshot of the above-mentioned material being used offline on an iPhone 📱, using the app GoodReader. (Other similar apps can also be used, e.g. Documents.)
Also, partially proofread Pīnyīn web material (better at least than auto-generated Pīnyīn like that displayed by the Equipd app, and more mobile-friendly than the older 3-line PDFs) or better is now available for the Bible Readings from March 26 to April 8.
The above material is part of this resource:
To expand on why the above resource provides an excellent Mandarin reading experience on mobile devices:
The introduction for the above resource explains why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own. Here is a quote:
“Taken as a bewitchingly complex, independent system for directly representing meanings visually, the characters can actually be a distraction or a diversion from the Mandarin words themselves, which are already a system for representing meanings through Mandarin speech sounds. Really, a Mandarin word still means what it means, no more and no less, whether it is spoken, written in characters, or written in Pīnyīn. Shakespeare said that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, and indeed, a rose would smell as sweet whether the spoken Mandarin word for it is written as “玫瑰” or as “méigui”. Writing the word in characters does not add to its meaning, and writing it in Pīnyīn does not take away from its meaning.”
To expand on the points listed re the above resource, note that:
While we greatly appreciate the availability of the official Pīnyīn NWT Bible PDF file, the PDF format was conceived of in a world dominated by paper. Unfortunately, that means that PDF files are often not optimal for reading on the mobile devices that are now so prevalent among Mandarin field publishers.
The Pīnyīn Plus NWT Bible web material that is now available has been designed to be mobile-first, so it automatically adjusts itself to be optimal for reading on mobile devices of various shapes and sizes, including tablets and smartphones 📱.
Proofread Pīnyīn web material for the March 12–18 Bible Reading is now available:
A screenshot of the above-mentioned material being used offline on an iPhone 📱, using the app GoodReader. (Other similar apps can also be used, e.g. Documents.)
Also, partially proofread Pīnyīn web material (better at least than auto-generated Pīnyīn like that displayed by the Equipd app, and more mobile-friendly than the older 3-line PDFs) or better is now available for the Bible Readings from March 19 to April 1.
The above material is part of this resource:
To expand on why the above resource provides an excellent Mandarin reading experience on mobile devices:
The introduction for the above resource explains why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own. Here is a quote:
“Taken as a bewitchingly complex, independent system for directly representing meanings visually, the characters can actually be a distraction or a diversion from the Mandarin words themselves, which are already a system for representing meanings through Mandarin speech sounds. Really, a Mandarin word still means what it means, no more and no less, whether it is spoken, written in characters, or written in Pīnyīn. Shakespeare said that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, and indeed, a rose would smell as sweet whether the spoken Mandarin word for it is written as “玫瑰” or as “méigui”. Writing the word in characters does not add to its meaning, and writing it in Pīnyīn does not take away from its meaning.”
To expand on the points listed re the above resource, note that: