柔韌

Chinese

		soft	annealed; pliable but strong; tough annealed; pliable but strong; tough; tenacious
trad. (柔韌)		柔	韌
simp. (柔韧)		柔	韧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róurèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ ngan⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liû-lūn / jiû-lūn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): riu⁵ rim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róurèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róurèn
    • Wade–Giles: jou²-jên⁴
    • Yale: róu-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rourenn
    • Palladius: жоужэнь (žoužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ ngan⁶
    • Yale: yàuh ngahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ ngan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ ngen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ ŋɐn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-lūn
    • Tâi-lô: liû-lūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liulun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² lun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² lun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiû-lūn
    • Tâi-lô: jiû-lūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiulun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziu¹³⁻²² lun²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: riu⁵ rim²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jiû jím
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zim⁵²/

Adjective

柔韌

1. pliable and tough

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 軟韌／软韧