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Updated 2023-12-19

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 3-line, Pīnyīn Plus, and similar 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 the Disclaimer for 3-line, Pīnyīn Plus, etc. Material for more information.

Official Pīnyīn in the JW Library App
(Mobile-Friendly, Adjustable Text Size, Offline Use)

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(Download the JW Library app, version 14.1 or later (iOS/iPadOS; Android; Windows). In the app: Library tab > Books > set the language to Chinese Mandarin (Simplified / Traditional) > 亲近耶和华 (2022-10 Printing) / 親近耶和華 (2022-10 Printing) > [Tap/click on a lesson.] > … (More) menu (top right corner) > [Turn on the Display Pinyin switch.])

Official Pīnyīn WOL Web Pages
(Mobile-Friendly, Adjustable Text Size)

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Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
(Chinese Mandarin (Simplified), with Pīnyīn option) / (Chinese Mandarin (Traditional), with Pīnyīn option)
(For the Pīnyīn version, tap/click on the “hamburger” menu on the bottom right and check the Pinyin ✅ checkbox.)
(WOL Publications icon PUBLICATIONS (出版物) > Books (Shūjí 书籍 / 書籍) > Close to Jehovah (cl) (Qīnjìn 亲近 / 親近 (cl)) (2022-10 Printing))

Official Pīnyīn jw.org Web Pages
(Mobile-Friendly)

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jw.org
(LIBRARY > Books & Brochures > DISPLAY Chinese Mandarin (Simplified / Traditional) > 亲近耶和华 / 親近耶和華 > Search > 亲近耶和华 / 親近耶和華 Link > [Tap/click on a chapter link.] > [Near the top of the chapter page, check the ✅ 显示拼音 / 顯示拼音 checkbox.])

Official Pīnyīn PDF

jw.org
(LIBRARY > Books & Brochures > DISPLAY Chinese Mandarin (Simplified) > 亲近耶和华 > Search > 📄 > PDF > 亲近耶和华（大字本） - 汉语拼音 (2013-12 Printing))

Official Sidney Lau PDFs

jw.org
(LIBRARY > Books & Brochures > DISPLAY Chinese Cantonese (Simplified / Traditional) > 亲近耶和华 / 親近耶和華 > Search > 📄 > PDF >《亲近耶和华》（大字本） - 广东话拼音 (刘锡祥) / 親近耶和華（大字本） - 廣東話拼音（劉錫祥）(2015-11 Printing))

3-line EPUBs
(Mobile-Friendly, Adjustable Text Size, Offline Use)

Close to Jehovah Bk.
(Simp.-Pīnyīn-Eng., Scriptures, EPUB)
(mobile-friendly, paragraph links,
support for offline use & annotation,
based on an older printing)
(Ch. 10 to the last ch.)

Close to Jehovah Bk.
(Trad.-Lau-Eng., Scriptures, EPUB)
(mobile-friendly, paragraph links,
support for offline use & annotation,
based on an older printing)
(Ch. 10)

3-line Web Pages (Mobile-Friendly)

Close to Jehovah Bk.
(Simp.-Pīnyīn-Eng., Scriptures, Web)
(mobile-friendly, paragraph links,
based on an older printing)
(Ch. 10 to the last ch.)

Close to Jehovah Bk.
(Trad.-Lau-Eng., Scriptures, Web)
(mobile-friendly, paragraph links,
based on an older printing)
(Ch. 10)

3-line PDFs

Close to Jehovah Book
(3-Line, XLP-iPhone-A5, LN-A, Scriptures, Revised Text PDFs)
(linked scriptures, footnotes, subheadings, & boxes,
based on an older printing)
(Ch. 1 to Ch. 9)