SOFT  柔軟

LACK HARDNESS.
MUSHYSQUASHYPULPYPAPPYSLUSHYSQUISHYDOUGHYINFORMAL GOOEYVELVETYSMOOTHFLEECYDOWNYFURRYSILKYSILKENSATINY
Antonym
  • HARDSTRONG so that one CAN NOT CHANGE its SHAPE.
    Hypernym
    • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
      • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
        • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
    See also
    • TENDERINTIMATE so as to SHOW LOVE USING MUTUAL TOUCHING.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The current standard word for anything pliable and soft is róu 柔, and I have found no competing words with related meanings.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      軟

      柔

      軟和

      綿軟

      柔軟

      柔韌

      柔嫩

      鬆軟

      軟綿綿

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.75

      • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.321

      Words

      柔  róu OC: mlju MC: ȵɨu 32 AttributionsWD

      The current standard word for anything pliable and soft is róu 柔, and I have found no competing words with related meanings.

        Word relations
      • Ant: 剛/HARD Gāng 剛 (ant. róu 柔 "pliable") focusses on physical hardness as the core of inflexibility and firmness. [has also fig. meanings with positive and negative connotations][CA]
      • Ant: 堅/HARD The standard word for internal inherent solidity is jiān 堅 (ant. cuì 脆 "brittle"), and the standard word for external firmness, sturdiness and immobility is gù 固.
      • Ant: 強 / 強/STRONG The current general word for the temporary state of strength, physical or political, are qiáng 強 (ant. ruò 弱 "weak").
      • Ant: 剛/HARD Gāng 剛 (ant. róu 柔 "pliable") focusses on physical hardness as the core of inflexibility and firmness. [has also fig. meanings with positive and negative connotations][CA]
      • Contrast: 弱/WEAK The current general word for weakness of any physical or abstract kind, and of anything including states, persons, and animals is ruò 弱 (ant. qiáng 強 "strong").
      • Assoc: 弱/WEAK The current general word for weakness of any physical or abstract kind, and of anything including states, persons, and animals is ruò 弱 (ant. qiáng 強 "strong").
      • Assoc: 懦/COWARDLY
      • Assoc: 脆/WEAK Cuì 脆/膬 (ant. jiān 堅 "strong and hard") refers to physical weakness as a result of brittleness and a propensity to break easily.
      • Oppos: 直/UPRIGHT

        Syntactic words
      • nabfeaturesoftness
      • nmwhat is soft, the soft things; soft things
      • v[adN]what is soft; soft substances 
      • v[adN]nonreferentialthe soft and weak
      • vadNsoft; delicateCH
      • visoft (rather than physically hard)
      • vifigurativemorally pliable, flexible
      • vtoNcausativesoften up; make soft; soften
      • vtoNN=humshow soft concern towards
      柔軟  róu ruǎn OC: mlju njonʔ MC: ȵɨu ȵiɛn 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadNfigurativesoft; gentle
      • VPibe gentle
      緩  huǎn OC: ɢʷaanʔ MC: ɦʷɑn 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadNnot compact, loose (earth)????
      • vibe flabby
      • vtoNtreat gently
      溫柔  wēn róu OC: quun mlju MC: ʔuo̝n ȵɨu 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPabdispositiongentle softness, genteelness
      • VPiactbe all soft and pliable
      臑  rú OC: njo MC: ȵi̯o 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vibe soft, succulent and tender
      女  nǚ OC: naʔ MC: ɳi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • nadVsoft, weak, sexy
      溫  wēn MC: 'won OC: quunCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vifigurativeliterary: be gentle in styleCH
      渘  róu MC: -- OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadNderivedsoft-hearted; unaggressive; sensitiveCH
      惠  huì MC: hwejH OC: ɢʷiidsDS 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadNsoft, moderate, mildDS
        Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vifigurativebe gentle in styleCH
        Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vifigurativeliterary: be gentle in styleCH

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