受 shòu to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom syn 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 屁股 pì gu buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn 究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result syn 温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 苏打 蘇打 sū dá (loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink / soft drink 海底 hǎi dǐ seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 汽水 qì shuǐ soda pop / carbonated soft drink 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 温馨 溫馨 wēn xīn comfort / soft and fragrant / warm syn 柔软 柔軟 róu ruǎn soft syn 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart syn 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 底部 dǐ bù bottom syn 查清 chá qīng to find out / to ascertain / to get to the bottom of / to clarify syn 彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom 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 满心 滿心 mǎn xīn one's whole heart / from the bottom of one's heart syn 汗毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down syn 水底 shuǐ dǐ the bottom of a body of water 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 肺腑 fèi fǔ bottom of the heart (fig.) syn 软饮料 軟飲料 ruǎn yǐn liào soft drink 穷尽 窮盡 qióng jìn to use up / to exhaust / to probe to the bottom / limit / end syn 下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom syn 底子 dǐ zi base / foundation / bottom syn 追根 zhuī gēn to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth syn 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 寻根 尋根 xún gēn to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter 锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) syn 稚嫩 zhì nèn young and tender / puerile / soft and immature syn 井底之蛙 jǐng dǐ zhī wā lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience syn 底限 dǐ xiàn lowest limit / bottom line syn 街头巷尾 街頭巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city 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 肺腑之言 fèi fǔ zhī yán words from the bottom of one's heart syn 雪碧 xuě bì Sprite (soft drink) 拍马 拍馬 pāi mǎ to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady 软着陆 軟著陸 ruǎn zhuó lù soft landing (e.g. of spacecraft) 坐井观天 坐井觀天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded syn 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 根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn 溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liū xū pāi mǎ to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom) / to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking syn 七喜 qī xǐ 7 Up (soft drink) / Hedy Holding Co., PRC computer manufacturer 心坎 xīn kǎn bottom of one's heart syn 自下而上 zì xià ér shàng bottom-up 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 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 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 屁屁 pì pi (child's term) buttocks / bottom 软卧 軟臥 ruǎn wò soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk) 龙宫 龍宮 lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea syn 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 底面 dǐ miàn bottom / bottom side / bottom surface 底端 dǐ duān bottom / bottom side / end part 纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn 中轴 中軸 zhōng zhóu axis / (bicycle) bottom bracket 脚轮 腳輪 jiǎo lún caster (attached to the bottom of furniture, trolleys etc) 打屁股 dǎ pì gu to spank sb's bottom 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 底 dǐ bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) syn 烂 爛 làn soft / mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot / to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic / messy / utterly / thoroughly / crappy / bad syn 摆 擺 bǎi hem (at the bottom of a garment) 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 刨根问底 刨根問底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 阴柔 陰柔 yīn róu gentle and reserved / soft / feminine 海床 hǎi chuáng seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 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 抓斗 抓鬥 grab sampler / bottom grab / grab / snapper 水煮蛋 shuǐ zhǔ dàn boiled egg / soft-boiled egg 