Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 軟

soft
flexible

soft palate

Softbank corporation, Japanese e-commerce firm

hose
flexible tube

(coll.) pleasantly soft
comfy
(of words) gentle
soothing

to soften

tweed

advertorial

soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)

to solder

soft

tired and feeble

fine and soft
valuables

soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc)

soft ruler
tape measure

floppy disk

Microsoft Corporation

(photographic) film

soft drink

to weaken
to go soft (at the knees)

soft (bread) roll

nephrite
Ca(Mg,Fe)3(SiO3)4

soft seat (on trains or boats)

rib cartilage
(fig.) weak spot
soft underbelly

cartilage

floppy disk

limp
weak

to be lenient
to relent
to be reluctant to make a hard decision
to think twice

to be softhearted
to be tenderhearted
to be kindhearted

weak (of body or limbs)
limp
gone soft

soft-spoken
afraid to speak out

soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk)

antivirus software
abbr. for 殺毒軟件／杀毒软件 (shādúruǎnjiàn)

credulous

ointment
paste

(of food etc) soft; pulpy
(Tw) (of a person) lacking drive; shiftless; lazy

soft mud
silt
sludge
ooze (geology)

to place under house arrest

soft and chewy (mouthfeel)

aching and weary

weak
feeble
flabby

cork

soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)

to soften

(computer) software

to admit defeat
to give in
to acknowledge a mistake
to apologize
to be amenable to persuasion

flexible
not rigid
spongy
soft or runny (not set hard)
loose (soil)

fur

rope ladder

(of an animal) soft-bodied
(Tw) software

soft power (in international relations)

soft landing (e.g. of spacecraft)

asthenosphere (geology)

cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)

fabric softener (Tw)

same as 軟腳蝦／软脚虾 (ruǎnjiǎoxiā)

floppy disk

Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans

floppy disk

kept man

chondropathy (medicine)

ruǎnmiánmián

soft
velvety
flabby
weak
schmaltzy

credulous person
credulous

credulous

ruǎnyìngjiàn

software and hardware

credulous

(coll.) pushover
soft touch

weak, cowardly person
spineless individual

weakling
coward

(coll.) inkfish; octopus, squid and cuttlefish

cork

(linguistics) velar consonant

palmitic acid (chemistry)

soft drink

(do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion

fabric softener

cork tile
cork flooring

to live off a woman

soft tissue

(lit.) the soft knife
(fig.) underhanded tactics
devious means of attack

lit. a soft nail
fig. a tactful retort or rejection

the software industry

soft palate
velum

software package

erhua variant of 軟泥／软泥 (ruǎnní)

velar sound (linguistics)

asthenosphere (geology)

cáiwùruǎnjiàn

financial software
accounting software

ruǎnjiànpíngtái

software platform

ruǎnjiànkāifā

software development

kāiyuánruǎnjiàn

open-source software

ruǎnyìngjiānshī

use both carrot and stick
use gentle methods and force
an iron hand in a velvet glove

ruǎnyìngbùchī

unmoved by force or persuasion

Wúnóngruǎnyǔ

pleasant-sounding Wu dialect

liúmángruǎnjiàn

malware (computing)

sōuxúnruǎntǐ

search software

fángdúruǎnjiàn

anti-virus software

zuǐyìngxīnruǎn

see 刀子嘴，豆腐心 (dāozizuǐ,dòufuxīn)

liúlǎnruǎnjiàn

a web browser

zìyóuruǎnjiàn

free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)

ruǎnmóyìngpào

to coax and pester (idiom)
to wheedle
to cajole

yìngyòngruǎnjiàn

application software

ruǎnjiànxìtǒng

software system

diànnǎoruǎnjiàn

computer software

jiàoxuéruǎntǐ

(Tw) educational software
courseware

èyìruǎnjiàn

malware (computing)

ruǎnjiànjìshù

software technology

jiàndiéruǎnjiàn

spyware

xiéwénruǎnní

tweed

credulous

ruǎntǐdòngwù

mollusk

miǎnfèiruǎnjiàn

freeware

ruǎngǔyúlèi

cartilaginous fishes
Chondrichthyes (taxonomic class including sharks and rays)

lèsuǒruǎnjiàn

ransomware (computing)

shādúruǎnjiàn

antivirus software

gòngxiǎngruǎntǐ

shareware

ruǎnjiànqǐyè

software company

Wēiruǎn Gōngsī

Microsoft Corporation

yìngyòngruǎntǐ

application software

hóuruǎngǔbǎn

epiphyseal plate
growth plate (bone)

Tǔ'ěrqíruǎntáng

土耳其软糖

[土耳其軟糖]

Turkish delight
Lokum

shùjùkùruǎnjiàn

数据库软件

[數據庫軟件]

database software

ruǎnjiànjífúwù

软件即服务

[軟件即服務]

software as a service (SaaS)

kèhùjīruǎnjiàn

客户机软件

[客戶機軟件]

client software

chīyìngbùchīruǎn

吃硬不吃软

[吃硬不吃軟]

susceptible to force but not persuasion

chīruǎnbùchīyìng

吃软不吃硬

[吃軟不吃硬]

lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
amenable to coaxing but not coercion

xiǎo'érruǎngǔbìng

小儿软骨病

[小兒軟骨病]

rickets (medicine)

kāifàngyuánmǎruǎnjiàn

开放源码软件

[開放源碼軟件]

open-source software (OSS)

ruǎnjiànkāifārényuán

软件开发人员

[軟件開發人員]

software developer

shìzitiāoruǎndeniē

柿子挑软的捏

[柿子挑軟的捏]

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 (ruǎnshìzi)) who get picked on
bullies pick soft targets

Zìyóu Ruǎnjiàn Jījīnhuì

自由软件基金会

[自由軟件基金會]

Free Software Foundation

Léi Gōngdǎdòufu,jiǎnruǎndeqī

雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺

[雷公打豆腐，揀軟的欺]

the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person
to pick on an easy target

chīrénjiādezuǐruǎn,nárénjiādeshǒuduǎn

吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短

[吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短]

lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted