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 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 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 豆腐脑 豆腐腦 dòu fu nǎo jellied tofu / soft bean curd 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 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 颚 顎 è jaw / palate 阴柔 陰柔 yīn róu gentle and reserved / soft / feminine 腭裂 齶裂 è liè cleft palate 腭 齶 è palate / roof of the mouth syn 茸 róng (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine / downy syn 荏 rěn beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) / soft / weak syn 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) 鼈 biē soft-shell turtles (Trionychidae) 臄 jué palate / sausage 胹 ér overcooked / soft 妇人之仁 婦人之仁 fù rén zhī rén excessive tendency to clemency (idiom) / soft-hearted (pejorative) 软终点 ruǎn zhōng diǎn soft clinical endpoint / soft endpoint / soft outcome 后鼻音 後鼻音 hòu bí yīn velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate 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 齶 è palate 颚裂 顎裂 è liè cleft palate (birth defect) syn 上牙膛 shàng yá táng palate (roof of the mouth) 唇颚裂 唇顎裂 chún è liè cleft lip and palate 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) 嗫嗫 囁囁 niè niè talkative / light and soft (of voice) 囊揣 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊膪 囊膪 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊揣 坨儿 坨兒 tuó r classifier for lumps of soft things (colloquial) 婉妙 wǎn miào sweet / soft / lovely (of sounds and voices) 弱音踏板 ruò yīn tà bǎn soft pedal (on piano) / una corda pedal 斑鱉 bān biē Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species 暄腾 暄騰 xuān teng soft and warm (of bread) 潤饼 潤餅 rùn bǐng soft mixed vegetable and meat roll-up 潇潇细雨 瀟瀟細雨 xiāo xiāo xì yǔ (idiom) soft, misty rain 生于优患，死于安乐 生於優患，死於安樂 shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living / life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure (idiom) 碰损 碰損 pèng sǔn bruising (damage to soft fruit etc) 蓬茸 péng róng lush / luxuriant (of grass or hair) / soft lush hair 蠕形动物 蠕形動物 rú xíng dòng wù soft-bodied organisms / vermes (obsolete taxonomic term) 软包 軟包 ruǎn bāo soft (bread) roll 软呢 軟呢 ruǎn ní soft, pliable wool fabric 软坐 軟坐 ruǎn zuò soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) 软实力 軟實力 ruǎn shí lì soft power (in international relations) 软尺 軟尺 ruǎn chǐ soft ruler / tape measure 