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


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