NWT Bible Study Edition (nwtsty) Pīnyīn Plus Web Resource Revised to Match the 2026 Official Mandarin Version on the WOL

[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:

• NWT Bible (nwtsty)
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about the Mandarin speech
  used for Bible scriptures,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin NWT Bible, 2026 Study Edition (nwtsty),
  proofread, mobile-friendly, unofficial,
  incomplete but with many often-used scriptures,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression
  to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
  to hide the “flashcard”),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced, and
  📘 Reveal None controls
  for all the “flashcards” in a
  chapter, paragraph, etc.,
  extensive links for getting around, audio links,
  Dark mode selectable with the
  dropdown control at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications >
  New World Translation Bible Links (tiandi.info/bi)

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.]

NWT Bible Study Edition (nwtsty) Pīnyīn Plus Web Resource Revised to Match the 2024 Official Mandarin Version on the WOL

[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:

• NWT Bible (nwtsty)
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about the Mandarin speech
  used for Bible scriptures,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin NWT Bible, 2024 Study Edition (nwtsty),
  proofread, mobile-friendly, unofficial,
  incomplete but with many often-used scriptures,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression
  to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
  to hide the “flashcard”),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced, and
  📘 Reveal None controls
  for all the “flashcards” in a
  chapter, paragraph, etc.,
  extensive links for getting around, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications >
  New World Translation Bible Links (tiandi.info/bi)

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.]

Was Life Created? Br. Proofread Pīnyīn or Pīnyīn Plus Web Material Added for the Beginning to the End of P. 2

[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 Was Life Created? (lc) brochure continues to be useful for discussing whether life was created. In fact, in the JW Library app, the English version of it was recently updated to the December 2022 Printing, and the Mandarin version was recently updated to the February 2023 Printing. To help us Mandarin field language learners to be prepared language-wise to make good use of this brochure without being unnecessarily hindered by the Great Wall of Chinese characters that’s been put in place by mere human tradition and cultural pride, the following unofficial Pīnyīn Plus web material resource, that now matches the current Mandarin 2023-02 Printing, is being made available:

• 
• Was Life Created? Br.
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about Mandarin speech
  for discussing whether life was created,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure,
  2023-02 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
  can be used offline in supporting browsers,
  icon can be added to the home screen
  with supporting browsers,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text,
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
  to hide the “flashcard”),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
  and 📘 Reveal None controls for
  all the “flashcards” in a section, paragraph, etc.,
  links for getting around,
  picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications > Brochures >
  Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc)

In the above resource, material matching both the current 2023-02 Printing of the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure and the current 2023 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:

Proofread Pīnyīn Plus Material:

• Front Cover to the end of “Introduction”

Proofread Pīnyīn or Pīnyīn Plus Web Material:

• “What Do You Believe?”;
• “Evolution—Myths and Facts”, Par. 1 to the end of the brochure

Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.

Links for the old 3-line files can be found at the Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc) short link. (The previously-existing Pīnyīn-only resources have been replaced by this next-generation Pīnyīn Plus resource.)

The old 3-line files together with this new Pīnyīn Plus web resource cover the entire Was Life Created? brochure. (The 3-line files were based on an older version of the brochure, though.) Also, this Pīnyīn Plus web resource (which can be used offline in supporting browsers) contains no more Pīnyīn-only material that has only been partially proofread—all the Pīnyīn-only material has now been fully proofread.

More Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus web material based on the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure will be made available in the above resource 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.)

Was Life Created? Br. Proofread Pīnyīn or Pīnyīn Plus Web Material Available for P. 18, Par. 1 to the End

[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 Was Life Created? (lc) brochure continues to be useful for discussing whether life was created. In fact, in the JW Library app, the English version of it was recently updated to the December 2022 Printing, and the Mandarin version was recently updated to the February 2023 Printing. To help us Mandarin field language learners to be prepared language-wise to make good use of this brochure without being unnecessarily hindered by the Great Wall of Chinese characters that’s been put in place by mere human tradition and cultural pride, the following unofficial Pīnyīn Plus web material resource, that now matches the current Mandarin 2023-02 Printing, is being made available:

• 
• Was Life Created? Br.
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about Mandarin speech
  for discussing whether life was created,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure,
  2023-02 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
  can be used offline in supporting browsers,
  icon can be added to the home screen
  with supporting browsers,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text,
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
  to hide the “flashcard”),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
  and 📘 Reveal None controls for
  all the “flashcards” in a chapter, paragraph, etc.,
  links for getting around,
  picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications > Brochures >
  Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc)

In the above resource, material matching both the current 2023-02 Printing of the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure and the current 2023 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:

Proofread Pīnyīn or Pīnyīn Plus Web Material:

• “Evolution​—Myths and Facts”, Par. 1 to the end of the brochure

Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.

Links for the old 3-line files can be found at the Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc) short link. (The previously-existing Pīnyīn-only resources have been replaced by this next-generation Pīnyīn Plus resource.)

Now, the old 3-line files together with this new Pīnyīn Plus web resource cover the entire Was Life Created? brochure. (The 3-line files were based on an older version of the brochure, though.) Also, this Pīnyīn Plus web resource (which can be used offline in supporting browsers) contains no more Pīnyīn-only material that has only been partially proofread—all the Pīnyīn-only material has now been fully proofread.

More Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus web material based on the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure will be made available in the above resource 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.)

NWT Bible Study Edition (nwtsty) Pīnyīn Plus Web Resource Revised to Match the 2023 Official Mandarin Version on the WOL

[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:

• NWT Bible (nwtsty)
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about the Mandarin speech
  used for Bible scriptures,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin NWT Bible, 2023 Study Edition (nwtsty),
  proofread, mobile-friendly, unofficial,
  incomplete but with many often-used scriptures,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression
  to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
  to hide the “flashcard”),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced, and
  📘 Reveal None controls
  for all the “flashcards” in a
  chapter, paragraph, etc.,
  extensive links for getting around, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications >
  New World Translation Bible Links (tiandi.info/bi)

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.]

Was Life Created? Br. Proofread Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus Web Material Available for P. 20, Par. 5 to the End

[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 Was Life Created? (lc) brochure continues to be useful for discussing whether life was created. In fact, in the JW Library app, the English version of it was recently updated to the December 2022 Printing, and the Mandarin version was just updated to the February 2023 Printing. To help us Mandarin field language learners to be prepared language-wise to make good use of this brochure without being unnecessarily hindered by the Great Wall of Chinese characters that’s been put in place by mere human tradition and cultural pride, the following unofficial Pīnyīn Plus web material resource, that now matches the current Mandarin 2023-02 Printing, is being made available:

• 
• Was Life Created? Br.
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about Mandarin speech
  for discussing whether life was created,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure,
  2023-02 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
  can be used offline in supporting browsers,
  icon can be added to the home screen
  with supporting browsers,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text,
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
  to hide the “flashcard”),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
  and 📘 Reveal None controls for
  all the “flashcards” in a chapter, paragraph, etc.,
  links for getting around,
  picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications > Brochures >
  Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc)

In the above resource, material matching both the current 2023-02 Printing of the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure and the current 2022 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:

Proofread Pīnyīn or Pīnyīn Plus Material:

• “Evolution​—Myths and Facts”, Par. 13 (Myth 2) to the end of the brochure

Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.

For now, this Pīnyīn Plus resource continues from where the old 3-line files left off. Links for the old 3-line files can be found at the Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc) short link. (The previously-existing Pīnyīn-only resources have been replaced by this next-generation Pīnyīn Plus resource.)

Now, the old 3-line files together with this new Pīnyīn Plus web resource cover the entire Was Life Created? brochure. (The 3-line files were based on an older version of the brochure, though.) Also, this Pīnyīn Plus web resource (which can be used offline in supporting browsers) contains no more Pīnyīn-only material that has only been partially proofread—all the Pīnyīn-only material has now been fully proofread.

More Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus web material based on the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure will be made available in the above resource 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.)

Updated Font Files for Pīnyīn Plus Resources

Back in 2014, the post “New Typeface for Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn-English Material” on this blog discussed the adoption of the typeface Gentium Basic for the Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn-English material that existed at the time.

As explained on the Gentium website, Gentium Plus is an expanded version of Gentium Basic. It seems that Gentium Plus will be the focus of future development work for the Gentium typeface family. Recently, a new version of Gentium Plus was released, and this has now been adopted on all existing Pīnyīn Plus resources. As a reminder, the short link listing all existing Pīnyīn Plus resources is:

• tiandi.info/pyp

Besides benefiting from design improvements, Gentium Plus is also available in the WOFF2 format, which uses advanced compression to reduce font file sizes, resulting in the font files downloading faster. To further improve download speeds, the Gentium Plus font files now used in the Pīnyīn Plus resources have also undergone font subsetting, which involves removing information for glyphs (characters of symbols) and/or font features that are not required. The resulting subsetted WOFF2 Gentium Plus font files weigh in at only about 131 KB in total, meaning that they can be downloaded in about 20% of the time required for the modified Gentium Basic font files (about 667 KB) that the current Gentium Plus files replaced, and in about 13% of the time required for the original Gentium Basic font files (about 1 MB).

While users with relatively new devices and fast Internet connections may not notice much of a difference, users with older devices and/or relatively slow Internet connections should especially benefit from the Pīnyīn Plus web pages downloading and rendering more quickly. This especially applies when these pages are loaded for the first time, before web browser file caching can take effect.

Was Life Created? Br. Pīnyīn Plus Web Material Revised to Match the 2023-02 Official Mandarin Version

[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 Was Life Created? (lc) brochure continues to be useful for discussing whether life was created. In fact, in the JW Library app, the English version of it was recently updated to the December 2022 Printing, and the Mandarin version was just updated to the February 2023 Printing. To help us Mandarin field language learners to be prepared language-wise to make good use of this brochure without being unnecessarily hindered by the Great Wall of Chinese characters that’s mandated by mere human tradition and cultural pride, the following unofficial Pīnyīn Plus web material resource, that now matches the current Mandarin 2023-02 Printing, is being made available:

• 
• Was Life Created? Br.
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about Mandarin speech
  for discussing whether life was created,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure,
  2023-02 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
  can be used offline in supporting browsers,
  icon can be added to the home screen
  with supporting browsers,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text,
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
  to hide the “flashcard”),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
  and 📘 Reveal None controls for
  all the “flashcards” in a chapter, paragraph, etc.,
  links for getting around,
  picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications > Brochures >
  Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc)

In the above resource, material matching both the current 2023-02 Printing of the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure and the current 2022 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:

Partially Proofread Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus Material or Better:

• “Evolution​—Myths and Facts”, Par. 13 (Myth 2) to the End;
• “Science and the Genesis Account”, up to Par. 5;
• “Does It Matter What You Believe?”

Material with a grey background has been partially proofread. Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.

For now, this Pīnyīn Plus resource continues from where the old 3-line files left off. Links for the old 3-line files can be found at the Was Life Created? Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lc) short link. (The previously-existing Pīnyīn-only resources have been replaced by this next-generation Pīnyīn Plus resource.)

More Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus web material based on the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure will be made available in the above resource 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.)

Scripture Links for Jehovah’s Will Br. Pīnyīn Plus Web Material Available Up to the End of Lesson 5

[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 Jehovah’s Will (jl) brochure has been used on Bible studies for a long time, and some may continue to find it useful on Bible studies even as they learn how to make good use of the Mandarin Enjoy Life Forever! (lff) book.

Unofficial previous-generation Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn-English material for the Jehovah’s Will brochure has been available for years, which material was based on an older version of that brochure. Now, the following current-generation Pīnyīn Plus web material resource, based on the most recent 2016-11 Printing of the Mandarin Jehovah’s Will brochure, is available:

• 
• Jehovah’s Will Br.
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about Mandarin speech
  for discussing the people, the activities,
  and the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin Jehovah’s Will brochure,
  2016-11 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
  can be used offline in supporting browsers,
  icon can be added to the home screen
  with supporting browsers,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text,
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn word to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
  to hide it the “flashcard”),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
  and 📘 Reveal None controls for
  all the “flashcards” in a lesson, paragraph, etc.,
  links for getting around,
  picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications > Brochures >
  Jehovah’s Will Brochure Links (tiandi.info/jl)

In the above resource, material matching both the current 2016-11 Printing of the Mandarin Jehovah’s Will brochure and the current 2022 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:

Fully Proofread Pīnyīn Plus Material:

• Front Cover to Lesson 1;
• Lesson 14;
• Lesson 17;
• Lesson 21

Partially Proofread Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus Material:

• All parts of the brochure besides the fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus material listed above

Scripture Links:

• Front Cover to the end of Lesson 5;
• Lesson 14;
• Lesson 17;
• Lesson 21

Note that in the above resource, the following material matching the current 2016-11 Printing of the Mandarin Jehovah’s Will brochure is available, in which the text of the 2016-11 Printing is different from the text of the previous printing:

Fully Proofread Pīnyīn Plus Material:

• Lesson 14;
• Lesson 17;
• Lesson 21

Material with a grey background has been partially proofread. Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.

More current-generation Pīnyīn Plus “flashcard” material matching the current 2016-11 Printing of the Mandarin Jehovah’s Will brochure will be made available in the above resource 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.)

NWT Bible Study Edition (nwtsty) Pīnyīn Plus Web Resource Revised to Match the 2022 Official Mandarin Version on the WOL

[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:

• NWT Bible (nwtsty)
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about the Mandarin speech
  used for Bible scriptures,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin NWT Bible, 2022 Study Edition (nwtsty),
  proofread, mobile-friendly, unofficial,
  incomplete but with many often-used scriptures,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression
  to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
  to hide the “flashcard”),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced, and
  📘 Reveal None controls
  for all the “flashcards” in a
  chapter, paragraph, etc.,
  extensive links for getting around, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications >
  New World Translation Bible Links (tiandi.info/bi)

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.]

NWT Bible 2021 Study Edition (nwtsty) Partially Proofread Pīnyīn Web Material or More Available for the Foreword, Appendix A4

[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:

• NWT Bible (nwtsty)
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about the Mandarin speech
  used for Bible scriptures,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin NWT Bible, 2021 Study Edition (nwtsty),
  proofread, mobile-friendly, unofficial,
  incomplete but with many often-used scriptures,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn expression
  to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” or its Pīnyīn expression
  to hide the “flashcard”),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced, and
  📘 Reveal None controls
  for all the “flashcards” in a
  chapter, paragraph, etc.,
  extensive links for getting around, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications >
  New World Translation Bible Links (tiandi.info/bi)

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.]

Learn From the Bible Bk. Pīnyīn Plus Web Material Revised to Match the 2021-09 Official Mandarin Version on the WOL

[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 official Mandarin version of the Learn From the Bible book on the Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY (WOL) is dated 2021-09. The Pīnyīn Plus web material resource for the Learn From the Bible book has been revised to match this version:

• 
• Learn From the Bible Bk.
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about Mandarin speech
  for discussing Bible lessons and accounts,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin Learn From the Bible book,
  2021-09 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
  can be used offline in supporting browsers,
  icon can be added to the home screen
  with supporting browsers,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text,
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn word to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” to hide it),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
  and 📘 Reveal None controls for
  all the “flashcards” in a lesson, paragraph, etc.,
  links for getting around,
  picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications > Books >
  Learn From the Bible Book Links (tiandi.info/lfb)

In the above resource, the following web material is now available for the Mandarin Learn From the Bible book:

Proofread Pīnyīn Plus material:

• Beginning to Lesson 4

Partially proofread Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus material:

• Lesson 5 to Lesson 55
• Material with a grey background has been partially proofread. Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.

Note that like most of the other Pīnyīn Plus web material resources, the above resource can be used offline in supporting browsers. Also, an icon can be added to the home screen with supporting browsers.

[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.]

Jehovah’s Will Br. Proofread Pīnyīn Plus Web Material Available for Lesson 21

[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 Jehovah’s Will (jl) brochure has been used on Bible studies for a long time, and some may continue to find it useful on Bible studies even as they learn how to make good use of the Mandarin Enjoy Life Forever! (lff) book.

Unofficial previous-generation Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn-English material for the Jehovah’s Will brochure has been available for years, which material was based on an older version of it. Now, the following current-generation Pīnyīn Plus web material resource, based on the most recent 2016-11 Printing of the Mandarin Jehovah’s Will brochure, is available:

• 
• Jehovah’s Will Br.
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about Mandarin speech
  for discussing the people, the activities,
  and the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin Jehovah’s Will brochure,
  2016-11 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
  can be used offline in supporting browsers,
  icon can be added to the home screen
  with supporting browsers,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text,
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn word to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” to hide it),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
  and 📘 Reveal None controls for
  all the “flashcards” in a lesson, paragraph, etc.,
  links for getting around,
  picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications > Brochures >
  Jehovah’s Will Brochure Links (tiandi.info/jl)

In the above resource, material matching both the current 2016-11 Printing of the Mandarin Jehovah’s Will brochure and the current 2021 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:

Fully Proofread Pīnyīn Plus Material:

• Front Cover to Lesson 1;
• Lesson 14;
• Lesson 17;
• Lesson 21

Partially Proofread Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus Material:

• All parts of the brochure besides the fully proofread Pīnyīn Plus material listed above

Note that in the above resource, the following material matching the current 2016-11 Printing of the Mandarin Jehovah’s Will brochure is available, in which the text of the 2016-11 Printing is different from the text of the previous printing:

Fully Proofread Pīnyīn Plus Material:

• Lesson 14;
• Lesson 17;
• Lesson 21

Material with a grey background has been partially proofread. Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.

More current-generation Pīnyīn Plus “flashcard” material matching the current 2016-11 Printing of the Mandarin Jehovah’s Will brochure will be made available in the above resource 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 Enjoy Life Forever! Br. Pīnyīn Plus Web Resource Now Matches the 2021-07 Official Mandarin Version on the WOL

[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 Enjoy Life Forever! (lffi) brochure is now officially recommended for use on Bible studies, and it is now part of the Teaching Toolbox in the JW Library app. To help us Mandarin field language learners to be prepared language-wise to make good use of this new brochure without being unnecessarily hindered by the Great Wall of Chinese characters that’s mandated by mere human tradition and cultural pride, the following unofficial Pīnyīn Plus web material resource is being made available, which matches the 2021-07 Printing now on the Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY:

• 
• Enjoy Life Forever! Br.
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about Mandarin speech
  for discussing basic Bible teachings,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin Enjoy Life Forever! brochure,
  2021-07 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
  can be used offline in supporting browsers,
  icon can be added to the home screen
  with supporting browsers,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text,
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn word to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” to hide it),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
  and 📘 Reveal None controls for
  all the “flashcards” in a lesson, paragraph, etc.,
  links for getting around,
  picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
  video thumbnails, links, & transcripts,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications > Brochures >
  Enjoy Life Forever! Brochure Links (tiandi.info/lffi)

Videos are used extensively in the Enjoy Life Forever! brochure, and a noteworthy new feature that makes its debut in the above resource is Pīnyīn Plus video transcripts. These should help us Mandarin field language learners to analyze and understand the Mandarin speech used in the many videos referenced in the Mandarin Enjoy Life Forever! brochure. This in turn should help us make more effective use of these videos while participating in Mandarin Bible discussions using this brochure.

Also, using the Pīnyīn Plus video transcripts while watching and listening to the corresponding Mandarin videos gives us good practice at listening to Mandarin speech, with help when needed so that we can actually follow along and understand it, and learn to use it ourselves in the future.

(Tapping/clicking on the above image will take you to the web page represented.)

In the above resource, material matching both the current 2021-07 Printing of the Mandarin Enjoy Life Forever! brochure and the current 2021 Study Edition (nwtsty) of the Mandarin NWT Bible is now available that covers the following:

Fully Proofread Pīnyīn Plus Material:

• Front Cover to the end of Lesson 02, Point 2;
• Lesson 02, Point 4

Partially Proofread Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus Material:

• Lesson 02, Point 3;
• Lesson 03, Points 1–3

Material with a grey background has been partially proofread. Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.

More Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus web material based on the Mandarin Enjoy Life Forever! brochure will be made available in the above resource 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.)