Cantonese Dictionary

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軟嘢
Mandarin: ruan3 ye3
Simplified: 软嘢
Cantonese
bank notes (as opposed to hard coins); a soft or impotent penis [colloquial]
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軟尺
Mandarin: ruan3 chi3
tape measure (lit., "soft ruler")
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軟帽
Mandarin: ruan3 mao4
a beret; a bonnet (lit., "soft hat")
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軟式飛艇
a blimp airship
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軟弱無能
Mandarin: ruan3 ruo4 wu2 neng2
Simplified: 软弱无能
weak and incompetent
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軟性毒品
Mandarin: ruan3 xing4 du2 pin3
Simplified: 软性毒品
soft drugs
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軟抄本
Mandarin: ruan3 chao1ben3
Simplified: 软抄本
a soft copy [written and colloquial]
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軟毛筆
(n.) felt-tip pen
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軟水
[n] soft water
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軟熟
Mandarin: ruan3 shou2
Simplified: 软熟
soft and fluffy (spoken)
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軟癩癩
to describe one's body getting "soft" (i.e., tired, unwell)
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軟皮
[n] soft leather, soft skin
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軟皮蛇
Mandarin: ruan3 pi2 she2
Simplified: 软皮蛇
(slang) someone who is apathetic and slack, who gives no regards to the criticism or advice o others; someone who has given up on themselves and just let themselves go; a lackadaisical person; to describe someone who is seemingly docile and obedient on the surface but who denies responsibilities in reality
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軟盤
floppy disk | cf., 硬盤
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軟着陸
Mandarin: ruan3 zhuo2 lu4
soft landing; soft touchdown
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軟硬兼施
Mandarin: ruan3 ying4 jian1 shi1
use both hard and soft tactics; use both the carrot and the stick; couple threats with promises
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軟硬天師
Mandarin: ruan3 ying4 tian1 shi1
Simplified: 软硬天师
'Softhard', a rap duo in Hong Kong
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軟禁
Mandarin: ruan3 jin4
put (or place) sb. under house arrest
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軟笪笪
Mandarin: ruan3 da2 da2
Simplified: 软笪笪
soft; pulpy; tender
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軟糖
[n] toffee; toffy
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軟腍腍
Mandarin: ruan3 ren3 ren3
Simplified: 软腍腍
soft (can be used to describe a person's character as well as objects)
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軟腳蟹
Mandarin: ruan3jiao3xie4
Simplified: 软脚蟹
(slang) (of sexual ability) Soft-leg-crab means impotent (because a man is unable to get an erection; or describes a man is weak and exhausted because he has too much sex)
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軟荏荏
Mandarin: ruan3 ren3 ren3
Simplified: 软荏荏
soft and tender
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軟雪糕
[n] soft ice cream
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軟飯
Mandarin: ruan3 fan4
Simplified: 软饭
sponge off from a woman (spoken)
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軟飯王
Mandarin: ruan3 fan4 wang2
Cantonese
a man who lives off a woman (lit., "soft rice king")
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軟骨
Mandarin: ruan3 gu3
cartilage
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軟骨病
Mandarin: ruan3 gu3 bing4
rickets
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軟骨症
Mandarin: ruan3 gu3 zheng4
osteomalacia (soft bone syndrome); conspiring with subordinates after accepting bribes
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軟體
Mandarin: ruan3 ti3
software
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