| 软 | ruǎn | soft; flexible |
| 软化 | ruǎn huà | soften |
| 软弱 | ruǎn ruò | weak; feeble; flabby |
| 软骨 | ruǎn gǔ | cartilage |
| 软件 | ruǎn jiàn | (computer) software |
| 软管 | ruǎn guǎn | hose; flexible tube |
| 软木塞 | ruǎn mù sāi | cork |
| 软腭 | ruǎn è | soft palate |
| 软骨鱼类 | ruǎn gǔ yú lèi | cartilaginous fishes; Chondrichthyes (taxonomic class including sharks and rays) |
| 软体动物 | ruǎn tǐ dòng wù | mollusk; mollusks |
| 软硬兼施 | ruǎn yìng jiān shī | use both carrot and stick; use gentle methods and force; an iron hand in a velvet glove |
| 软木 | ruǎn mù | softwood |
| 软脂酸 | ruǎn zhī suān | palmitic acid (chemistry) |
| 软骨病 | ruǎn gǔ bìng | chondropathy (medicine) |
| 软膏 | ruǎn gāo | ointment; paste |
| 软件企业 | ruǎn jiàn qǐ yè | software company |
| 软件包 | ruǎn jiàn bāo | software package |
| 软件市场 | ruǎn jiàn shì chǎng | software market |
| 软件平台 | ruǎn jiàn píng tái | software platform |
| 软件技术 | ruǎn jiàn jì shù | software technology |
| 软件系统 | ruǎn jiàn xì tǒng | software system |
| 软件开发 | ruǎn jiàn kāi fā | software development |
| 软件开发人员 | ruǎn jiàn kāi fā rén yuán | software developer |
| 软包 | ruǎn bāo | soft (bread) roll |
| 软口盖 | ruǎn kǒu gài | soft palate; velum |
| 软呢 | ruǎn ní | tweed |
| 软坐 | ruǎn zuò | soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) |
| 软实力 | ruǎn shí lì | soft power (i.e. media influence, propaganda and cultural ties in lieu of military power) |
| 软尺 | ruǎn chǐ | soft ruler; tape measure |
| 软席 | ruǎn xí | soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) |
| 软座 | ruǎn zuò | soft seat (on trains or boats) |
| 软库 | Ruǎn kù | Softbank corporation, Japanese e-commerce firm |
| 软梯 | ruǎn tī | rope ladder |
| 软毛 | ruǎn máo | fur |
| 软泥 | ruǎn ní | soft mud; silt; sludge; ooze (geology) |
| 软泥儿 | ruǎn nír | erhua variant of 软泥, soft mud; silt; sludge |
| 软流圈 | ruǎn liú quān | asthenosphere (geology) |
| 软流层 | ruǎn liú céng | asthenosphere (geology) |
| 软玉 | ruǎn yù | nephrite; Ca(Mg,Fe)3(SiO3)4 |
| 软盘 | ruǎn pán | floppy disk |
| 软硬不吃 | ruǎn yìng bù chī | unmoved by force or persuasion |
| 软硬件 | ruǎn yìng jiàn | software and hardware |
| 软碟 | ruǎn dié | floppy disk |
| 软磁盘 | ruǎn cí pán | floppy disk |
| 软磁碟 | ruǎn cí dié | floppy disk |
| 软禁 | ruǎn jìn | house arrest |
| 软糖 | ruǎn táng | soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc) |
| 软组织 | ruǎn zǔ zhī | soft tissue |
| 软绵绵 | ruǎn mián mián | soft; velvety; flabby; weak; schmaltzy |
| 软卧 | ruǎn wò | soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk) |
