Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- ruǎn
English
- soft, flexible, pliable
- soft
- weak
- flexible
- soft; not firm and not hard; easy to bend or press without breaking
- (of human) lack of energy or motivation; extremely tired
- easily moved and unable to uphold the initial decision or opinion
- relaxed, mild attitude or ways of doing things
粵語
- 容易變形、屈曲，落少少就撳落去會變形
- 冇力、冇衝勁；通常形容人嘅身體、或者意志
- 容易動搖，堅持唔到一開始嘅決定或者諗法
- 態度、方式温和
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 軟
- 柔軟jau4 jyun5
soft
- 軟件jyun5 gin2
software
- 微軟mei4 jyun5
Microsoft Corporation
- 軟體jyun5 tai2
(of an animal) soft-bodied
- 軟弱jyun5 joek6
weak
- 軟禁jyun5 gam3
to place under house arrest
- 軟化jyun5 faa3
to soften
- 發軟faat3 jyun5
to weaken
- 軟水jyun5 seoi2
soft water (cf. 硬水[ying4 shui3], hard water)
- 回軟wui4 jyun5
the financial pricing declines from a high level
- 腳軟goek3 jyun5
tired feet
- 手軟sau2 jyun5
to be lenient
- 疲軟pei4 jyun5
tired and feeble
- 心軟sam1 jyun5
to be softhearted
- 軟盤jyun5 pun2
floppy disk
- 軟糖jyun5 tong2
soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc)
- 軟熟jyun5 suk6
soft and fluffy (spoken)
- 鬆軟sung1 jyun5
flexible
- 細軟sai3 jyun5
fine and soft
- 酸軟syun1 jyun5
aching and weary
- 軟碟jyun5 dip2
floppy disk
- 軟尺jyun5 cek3
soft measuring tape (non-retractable type used for body measurements etc)
- 軟嘢jyun5 je5
bank notes (as opposed to hard coins); a soft or impotent penis [colloquial]
- 軟包jyun5 baau1
soft (bread) roll