面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn 苏打 蘇打 sū dá (loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink / soft drink 汽水 qì shuǐ soda pop / carbonated soft drink 温馨 溫馨 wēn xīn comfort / soft and fragrant / warm syn 柔软 柔軟 róu ruǎn soft syn 软糖 軟糖 ruǎn táng soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc) 柔和 róu hé gentle / soft syn 轻柔 輕柔 qīng róu soft / gentle / pliable syn 委婉 wěi wǎn tactful / euphemistic / (of voice etc) suave / soft syn 落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers syn 珊瑚 shān hú coral 汗毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down syn 绒毛 絨毛 róng máo fur / down (soft fur) / villi capillary (in the small intestine) syn 血肿 血腫 xuè zhǒng hematoma / swelling of soft tissue due to internal hemorrhage 软组织 軟組織 ruǎn zǔ zhī soft tissue 珊瑚礁 shān hú jiāo coral reef 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 软绵绵 軟綿綿 ruǎn mián mián soft / velvety / flabby / weak / schmaltzy syn 软饮料 軟飲料 ruǎn yǐn liào soft drink 稚嫩 zhì nèn young and tender / puerile / soft and immature syn 羽绒 羽絨 yǔ róng down (soft feathers) syn 海枯石烂 海枯石爛 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time syn 雪碧 xuě bì Sprite (soft drink) 软着陆 軟著陸 ruǎn zhuó lù soft landing (e.g. of spacecraft) 软泥 軟泥 ruǎn ní soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology) 依依 yī yī reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind syn 豆花 dòu huā jellied tofu / soft bean curd 酥软 酥軟 sū ruǎn weak (of body or limbs) / limp / gone soft syn 细软 細軟 xì ruǎn fine and soft / valuables syn 七喜 qī xǐ 7 Up (soft drink) / Hedy Holding Co., PRC computer manufacturer 嫩绿 嫩綠 nèn lǜ tender green / soft green syn 大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku") 软体 軟體 ruǎn tǐ (of an animal) soft-bodied / (Tw) software 发软 發軟 fā ruǎn to weaken / to go soft (at the knees) 软肋 軟肋 ruǎn lèi rib cartilage / (fig.) weak spot / soft underbelly 软卧 軟臥 ruǎn wò soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk) 柔滑 róu huá soft / smooth / silky 纤手 纖手 xiān shǒu delicate hands / woman's tender and soft hands 软座 軟座 ruǎn zuò soft seat (on trains or boats) syn 山丹 shān dān coral lily (Lilium pumilum) syn 豆腐脑 豆腐腦 dòu fu nǎo jellied tofu / soft bean curd 红珊瑚 紅珊瑚 hóng shān hú red coral / precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral) 软柿子 軟柿子 ruǎn shì zi (coll.) pushover / soft touch 烂 爛 làn soft / mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot / to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic / messy / utterly / thoroughly / crappy / bad syn 轻 輕 qīng light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage syn 细 細 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn 温 溫 wēn warm / lukewarm / to warm up / (bound form) temperature / (bound form) mild / soft / tender / to review (a lesson etc) / (TCM) fever / epidemic / pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1]) syn 腻 膩 nì greasy / soft / unctuous / intimate / tired of syn 珊 shān coral 柔 róu soft / flexible / supple / yielding / rho (Greek letter Ρρ) syn 酥 sū flaky pastry / crunchy / limp / soft / silky syn 韦 韋 wéi soft leather syn 阴柔 陰柔 yīn róu gentle and reserved / soft / feminine 茸 róng (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine / downy syn 荏 rěn beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) / soft / weak syn 软腭 軟齶 ruǎn è soft palate 霰 xiàn graupel / snow pellet / soft hail syn 水煮蛋 shuǐ zhǔ dàn boiled egg / soft-boiled egg 饧 餳 xíng maltose syrup / molasses / heavy (eyelids) / drowsy-eyed / listless / (of dough, candy etc) to soften / to become soft and sticky syn 柔情似水 róu qíng sì shuǐ tender and soft as water / deeply attached to sb syn 沙士 shā shì (loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) 芬达 芬達 fēn dá Fanta (soft drink brand) / Fender (guitar brand) 石珊瑚 shí shān hú stony coral 鼈 biē soft-shell turtles (Trionychidae) 胹 ér overcooked / soft 妇人之仁 婦人之仁 fù rén zhī rén excessive tendency to clemency (idiom) / soft-hearted (pejorative) 贵珊瑚 貴珊瑚 guì shān hú precious coral / red coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral) 软终点 ruǎn zhōng diǎn soft clinical endpoint / soft endpoint / soft outcome 软墙营房 軟牆營房 ruǎn qiáng yíng fáng soft-walled camp / soft-walled accommodation / semi-rigid structure 软墙宿舍 軟墻宿舍 soft-walled camp / soft-walled accommodation / semi-rigid structure 柿子挑软的捏 柿子挑軟的捏 shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom) / fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruan3 shi4 zi5]) who get picked on / bullies pick soft targets 刺桐 cì tóng Indian coral tree / sunshine tree / tiger's claw / Erythrina variegata (botany) 查戈斯群岛 查戈斯群島 chá gē sī qún dǎo Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|迪戈·加西亚岛[Di2 ge1 · Jia1 xi1 ya4 Dao3] as largest island 珊瑚潭 shān hú tán coral lake 珊瑚海 shān hú hǎi Coral Sea 暗沙 àn shā submerged sandbank / submerged coral islet 珊瑚褪色 coral bleaching 全球珊瑚礁监测网 Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network 珊瑚礁联盟 shān hú jiāo lián méng Coral Reef Alliance 冷水珊瑚 lěng shuǐ shān hú cold-water coral 国际珊瑚礁倡议 國際珊瑚礁倡議 guó jì shān hú jiāo chàng yì International Coral Reef Initiative 国际珊瑚礁倡议的行动呼吁 國際珊瑚礁倡議的行動呼籲 Call to Action of the International Coral Reef Initiative 中美洲珊瑚礁走廊 Mesoamerican coral reef corridor / Mesoamerican Reef 印度洋珊瑚礁退化项目 yìn duó yáng shān hú jiāo tuì huà xiàng mù Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean 国际珊瑚礁行动网 International Coral Reef Action Network 国际珊瑚礁专题讨论会 International Coral Reef Symposium 冷水珊瑚礁 lěng shuǐ shān hú jiāo cold-water coral reef 花边珊瑚 花邊珊瑚 huā bian shān hú lace coral 珊瑚礁普查 Census of Coral Reefs 珊瑚尖峰 shān hú jiān fēng coral pinnacle / pinnacle 船舶搁浅造成珊瑚礁损害的赔偿准则 船舶擱淺造成珊瑚礁損害的賠償準則 Guidelines for compensation following damage to coral reefs by ship or boat grounding 软齶 軟齶 ruǎn è soft palate 软口盖 軟口蓋 ruǎn kǒu gài soft palate / velum 软席 軟席 ruǎn xí soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) 低筋面粉 低筋麵粉 dī jīn miàn fěn low-gluten flour / cake flour / pastry flour / soft flour 优惠贷款 優惠貸款 yōu huì dài kuǎn (finance) concessional loan / soft loan 卡门柏乳酪 卡門柏乳酪 kǎ mén bó rǔ lào Camembert (soft, creamy French cheese) 史威士 shǐ wēi shì Schweppes (soft drinks company) 