| 1 | 软 | 軟 | ruǎn | ruan3 | soft; flexible; variant of 软 | | |
| 2 | 柔软 | 柔軟 | róu ruǎn | rou2 ruan3 | soft | | |
| 3 | 软弱 | 軟弱 | ruǎn ruò | ruan3 ruo4 | weak; feeble; flabby | | |
| 4 | 软件 | 軟件 | ruǎn jiàn | ruan3 jian4 | (computer) software | | |
| 5 | 松软 | 鬆軟 | sōng ruǎn | song1 ruan3 | flexible; not rigid; spongy; soft or runny (not set hard); loose (soil) | | |
| 6 | 软骨 | 軟骨 | ruǎn gǔ | ruan3 gu3 | cartilage | | |
| 7 | 软化 | 軟化 | ruǎn huà | ruan3 hua4 | to soften | | |
| 8 | 教学软体 | 教學軟體 | jiào xué ruǎn tǐ | jiao4 xue2 ruan3 ti3 | (Tw) educational software; courseware | | |
| 9 | 柔软精 | 柔軟精 | róu ruǎn jīng | rou2 ruan3 jing1 | fabric softener (Tw) | | |
| 10 | 自由软件 | 自由軟件 | zì yóu ruǎn jiàn | zi4 you2 ruan3 jian4 | free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted) | | |
| 11 | 软足类 | 軟足類 | ruǎn zú lèi | ruan3 zu2 lei4 | (coll.) inkfish; octopus, squid and cuttlefish | | |
| 12 | 软件即服务 | 軟件即服務 | ruǎn jiàn jí fú wù | ruan3 jian4 ji2 fu2 wu4 | software as a service (SaaS) | | |
| 13 | 客户机软件 | 客戶機軟件 | kè hù jī ruǎn jiàn | ke4 hu4 ji1 ruan3 jian4 | client software | | |
| 14 | 开放源码软件 | 開放源碼軟件 | kāi fàng yuán mǎ ruǎn jiàn | kai1 fang4 yuan2 ma3 ruan3 jian4 | open source software (OSS) | | |
| 15 | 间谍软件 | 間諜軟件 | jiàn dié ruǎn jiàn | jian4 die2 ruan3 jian4 | spyware | | |
| 16 | 服软 | 服軟 | fú ruǎn | fu2 ruan3 | to admit defeat; to give in; to acknowledge a mistake; to apologize; to be amenable to persuasion | | |
| 17 | 耳根子软 | 耳根子軟 | ěr gēn zi ruǎn | er3 gen1 zi5 ruan3 | credulous | | |
| 18 | 耳根软 | 耳根軟 | ěr gēn ruǎn | er3 gen1 ruan3 | credulous | | |
| 19 | 耳朵软 | 耳朵軟 | ěr duō ruǎn | er3 duo1 ruan3 | credulous | | |
| 20 | 恶意软件 | 惡意軟件 | è yì ruǎn jiàn | e4 yi4 ruan3 jian4 | malware (computing) | | |
| 21 | 电脑软件 | 電腦軟件 | diàn nǎo ruǎn jiàn | dian4 nao3 ruan3 jian4 | computer software | | |
| 22 | 到手软 | 到手軟 | dào shǒu ruǎn | dao4 shou3 ruan3 | (do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion | | |
| 23 | 吃软饭 | 吃軟飯 | chī ruǎn fàn | chi1 ruan3 fan4 | to live off a woman | | |
| 24 | 吃软不吃硬 | 吃軟不吃硬 | chī ruǎn bù chī yìng | chi1 ruan3 bu4 chi1 ying4 | lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom); amenable to coaxing but not coercion | | |
| 25 | 嘴硬心软 | 嘴硬心軟 | zuǐ yìng xīn ruǎn | zui3 ying4 xin1 ruan3 | see 刀子嘴 ,豆腐心 | | |