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 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) 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) 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 社会部门复兴项目 Rehabilitation of Social Sectors Project 教育、文化和经济部门部长会议 教育、文化和經濟部門部長會議 Conference of Ministers of Education, Culture and Economic Sectors 工业部门和环境司 工業部門和環境司 Industrial Sectors and Environment Division 联合国包容性金融部门顾问小组 聯合國包容性金融部門顧問小組 United Nations Advisers Group on Inclusive Financial Sectors 建立包容广泛的金融部门国际论坛 建立包容廣泛的金融部門國際論壇 International Forum to Build Inclusive Financial Sectors 新技术融入传统部门国际讲习班 新技術融入傳統部門國際講習班 International Workshop on the Integration of New Technologies in Traditional Sectors 新兴部门基金 新興部門基金 Emerging Sectors Fund 司法与安全部门咨询和协调小组 司法與安全部門咨詢和協調小組 Justice and Security Sectors Advisory and Coordination Cell 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) 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 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 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) 