| 軟 | 155A10 10D.81-9 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄖㄨㄢˇ [ruan3] . [Pop. form of 軟] | ||
| Adj. | (1) Soft, yielding, flexible, weak, gentle (opp. 硬 hard, tough, rigid, strong, harsh): 軟硬 soft or hard, gentle or harsh; 軟皮塞兒 the cork of a bottle; 軟木塞 (兒) ditto; 軟皮 soft leather (skin); 軟性 [ruan3xing4]↓; 軟不叮噹 soft, smooth, fluffy; 軟勒咕唧 soft to the touch; 柔軟 easily bent, flexible, pliable: 柔軟體操 calisthenics; 軟和 comfortable, cosy, soft and tender: 軟和話兒 soft words; 軟語 soft speech, words gently spoken; 軟聲 soft-spoken voice; 軟美 charming; 軟纏，軟磨兒 cajole, coax; 軟熟 weak-kneed, having no backbone; 軟裌襖 a lined silk jacket; 軟床 a stretcher; 軟梯 a rope ladder; 軟糖 soft, gelatinous candies, sweetmeats; 軟 (殼) 蛋 soft-shelled eggs; 軟筋 a kind of gluten of wheat of thin consistence; 軟弱 [ruan3ruo4]↓; 軟綿綿 velvety, feathery; 軟答剌 weak and flabby; 軟兀剌 flaccid; 軟揣揣 timid, shy, coy; 軟善 weak from being too good and kind; 軟膿包 coward(ly); 軟不喫，硬不喫 (of persons) would neither listen to reason nor bow to force; 軟硬不喫 ditto; 喫硬不喫軟 understand only the language of force; 喫軟不喫硬 can be persuaded by reason but not be cowed by force; 軟硬兼施 bring both force and reason to bear; 欺軟怕硬 meek towards the brutal and brutal towards the meek; 心 (腸) 軟 tenderhearted, softhearted; 耳軟 be easily swayed by others; 手軟 (lit.) lacking in muscular strength, (fig.) haven't enough courage to do s.t. cruel; 腳軟 can hardly stand up or walk; 喫軟飯 (or men) live on the earnings of a woman; 軟功 (夫) tactics of persuasion; 碰了一個軟釘子 meet with a polite refusal (gentle rebuff). (2) Deficient, insufficient: 菜軟 few good dishes to eat; 戲碼兒軟 (of Peking opera) an unattractive program. | |||||
| Words | 1. 軟半 [ruan3ban4], adj., less than one half. 2. 軟刀子 [ruan3dao1zi0], n., killing of people by a slow and imperceptible process or means. 3. 軟風 [ruan3feng1], n., (1) a light breeze; (2) (meteorology) winds with a velocity of 1.5-3.4 meters per second. 4. 軟膏 [ruan3gao1], n., ointment. 5. 軟骨 [ruan2gu3], n., (physiol.) cartilage. 6. 軟化 [ruan3hua4], v.i. & t. & n., (lit. & fig.) soften(ing). 7. 軟炸 [ruan3zha2], v.t., (cooking) to fry without overdoing it. 8. 軟腳 [ruan2jiao3], v.i., (MC) give a dinner party of welcome to s.o. back from journey; 軟腳病 (med.) beriberi. 9. 軟禁 [ruan3jin4], v.t., keep under detention, usu. in person's house. 10. 軟脂酸 [ruan3zhi1suan1], n., (chem.) the palmitic acid. 11. 軟口蓋 [ruan3kou3gai4], n., (physiol.) the soft palate. 12. 軟款 [ruan2kuan3], adj., shy, coy, bashful. 13. 軟片 [ruan3pian4], n., photographic film. 14. 軟弱 [ruan3ruo4], adj., (1) (sp. pr. ruaan-’ruo) made of inferior material; (2) (ruaan-’ruo) weak, sickly; (3) easily influenced. 15. 軟繩 [ruan3sheng2], n., (acrobatics) a tightrope: 踩軟繩 walking on tightrope. 16. 軟性 [ruan3xing4], adj., of an amusing or non-serious nature, (of books, plays, music) light; adj., 軟性下疳 [ruan3xing4xia4gan1], n., (med.) soft chancre. 17. 軟刑 [ruan3xing2], n., soft, refined torture. 18. 軟水 [ruan2shui3], n., (chem.) soft water. 19. 軟鐵 [ruan2tie3], n., soft iron. 20. 軟體動物 [ruan2ti3dong4wu4], n., (zoo.) mollusk. 21. 軟子 [ruan3zi0], n., basket or other container for holding things: 刨軟子 calculate the net weight by subtracting the weight of container. 22. 軟棗（兒） [ruan2zao3]([er0]), n., a kind of dates produced in Mukden. 23. 軟玉 [ruan3yU4], n., (min.) nephrite. | |||||