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  *軟* | 軟* | *軟
soft / flexible
HSK 5
(computer) software
HSK 5
weak / feeble / flabby
HSK 7-9
soft power (in international relations)
HSK 7-9
to place under house arrest
floppy disk
ointment / paste
(photographic) film
cork tile / cork flooring
hose / flexible tube
soft / velvety / flabby / weak / schmaltzy
rope ladder
to soften
cartilage
soft tissue
soft measuring tape (non-retractable type used for body measurements etc)
(aviation) soft landing / (economics) soft landing
mollusk
weak, cowardly person / spineless individual
(coll.) pleasantly soft / comfy / (of words) gentle / soothing
a cork
use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
to coax and pester (idiom) / to wheedle / to cajole
(lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack
soft drink
weakling / coward
chondropathy (medicine)
soft seat (on trains or boats)
lit. a soft nail / fig. a tactful retort or rejection
soft palate
software package
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
to solder
floppy disk
floppy disk
asthenosphere (geology)
palmitic acid (chemistry)
unmoved by force or persuasion
credulous person / credulous
floppy disk
fur
cork
soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology)
soft and chewy (mouthfeel)
(of food etc) soft; pulpy / (Tw) (of a person) lacking drive; shiftless; lazy
soft drink
kept man
soft (bread) roll
the software industry
software as a service (SaaS)
(coll.) pushover / soft touch
software technology
soft palate / velum
software and hardware
cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
software company
software platform
software system
software development
soft, pliable wool fabric
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
Softbank corporation, Japanese e-commerce firm
advertorial
erhua variant of 軟泥|软泥
asthenosphere (geology)
nephrite / Ca(Mg,Fe)3(SiO3)4
Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans
soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc)
rib cartilage / (fig.) weak spot / soft underbelly
soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk)
(coll.) inkfish; octopus, squid and cuttlefish
cartilaginous fishes / Chondrichthyes (taxonomic class including sharks and rays)
(of an animal) soft-bodied / (Tw) software
velar sound (linguistics)
(linguistics) velar consonant


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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