Soft in Chinese
soft · HSK 5
软
Other ways to say soft
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How do you say soft in Chinese?
Soft in Chinese is 软 (ruǎn). You can also say 柔软 (róu ruǎn), 温柔 (wēn róu), 肉 (ròu), 轻 (qīng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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