"軟化" meaning in Chinese

See 軟化 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jyːn¹³ faː³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ŋi̯on²⁴⁻¹¹ fa⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /luan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /luan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /nŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung], /nŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua¹¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei] Forms: 软化 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 軟化
  1. to soften; to weaken Synonyms (to soften): 落軟 [Hokkien], 落软 [Hokkien]
    Sense id: en-軟化-zh-verb-on8a~keh Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 16 21 21 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 16 21 21 14 14 Disambiguation of 'to soften': 97 3
  2. to persuade using soft tactics
    Sense id: en-軟化-zh-verb-A0eKUzr2 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 16 21 21 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 16 21 21 14 14
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yìnghuà",
      "word": "硬化"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "软化",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "軟化",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 16 21 21 15 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 16 21 21 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese"
          ],
          "ref": "2021, Glory Cheung, “憑信跨過”, performed by 鹹蛋音樂事工 [Salted Egg Music Ministry]:",
          "roman": "seon³ sam¹ jaa⁵ bit⁶ jyun⁵ faa³, gang³ zuk¹ gan² sap⁶ gaa³",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "信心也別軟化 更捉緊十架",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese"
          ],
          "ref": "2021, Glory Cheung, “憑信跨過”, performed by 鹹蛋音樂事工 [Salted Egg Music Ministry]:",
          "roman": "seon³ sam¹ jaa⁵ bit⁶ jyun⁵ faa³, gang³ zuk¹ gan² sap⁶ gaa³",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "信心也别软化 更捉紧十架",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to soften; to weaken"
      ],
      "id": "en-軟化-zh-verb-on8a~keh",
      "links": [
        [
          "soften",
          "soften"
        ],
        [
          "weaken",
          "weaken"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to soften",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "落軟"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to soften",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "落软"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 16 21 21 15 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 16 21 21 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to persuade using soft tactics"
      ],
      "id": "en-軟化-zh-verb-A0eKUzr2",
      "links": [
        [
          "persuade",
          "persuade"
        ],
        [
          "soft",
          "soft"
        ],
        [
          "tactics",
          "tactics"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ruǎnhuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁵ faa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiôn-fa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loán-hòa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nńg-hòa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ruǎnhuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ruǎnhuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "juan³-hua⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rwǎn-hwà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "roanhuah"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žuanʹxua",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жуаньхуа"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁵ faa³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yúhn fa"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyn⁵ faa³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yun⁵ fa³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn¹³ faː³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiôn-fa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngion^ˊ fa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngion¹ fa⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋi̯on²⁴⁻¹¹ fa⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loán-hòa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "luán-huà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loafnhoax"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nńg-hòa"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nńg-huà"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nngfhoax"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "軟化"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yìnghuà",
      "word": "硬化"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 化",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 軟",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "软化",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "軟化",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Cantonese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese"
          ],
          "ref": "2021, Glory Cheung, “憑信跨過”, performed by 鹹蛋音樂事工 [Salted Egg Music Ministry]:",
          "roman": "seon³ sam¹ jaa⁵ bit⁶ jyun⁵ faa³, gang³ zuk¹ gan² sap⁶ gaa³",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "信心也別軟化 更捉緊十架",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Cantonese"
          ],
          "ref": "2021, Glory Cheung, “憑信跨過”, performed by 鹹蛋音樂事工 [Salted Egg Music Ministry]:",
          "roman": "seon³ sam¹ jaa⁵ bit⁶ jyun⁵ faa³, gang³ zuk¹ gan² sap⁶ gaa³",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "信心也别软化 更捉紧十架",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to soften; to weaken"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soften",
          "soften"
        ],
        [
          "weaken",
          "weaken"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to persuade using soft tactics"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "persuade",
          "persuade"
        ],
        [
          "soft",
          "soft"
        ],
        [
          "tactics",
          "tactics"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ruǎnhuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁵ faa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiôn-fa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loán-hòa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nńg-hòa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ruǎnhuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ruǎnhuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "juan³-hua⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rwǎn-hwà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "roanhuah"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žuanʹxua",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жуаньхуа"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyun⁵ faa³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yúhn fa"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyn⁵ faa³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yun⁵ fa³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn¹³ faː³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngiôn-fa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngion^ˊ fa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngion¹ fa⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋi̯on²⁴⁻¹¹ fa⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loán-hòa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "luán-huà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loafnhoax"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nńg-hòa"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nńg-huà"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nngfhoax"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to soften",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "落軟"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to soften",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "落软"
    }
  ],
  "word": "軟化"
}

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