柔順

Chinese

		soft	to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable
trad. (柔順)		柔	順
simp. (柔顺)		柔	顺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róushùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ seon⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-sūn / jiû-sūn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róushùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róushùn
    • Wade–Giles: jou²-shun⁴
    • Yale: róu-shwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roushuenn
    • Palladius: жоушунь (žoušunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ seon⁶
    • Yale: yàuh seuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ soen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ sên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ sɵn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-sūn
    • Tâi-lô: liû-sūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liusun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² sun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiû-sūn
    • Tâi-lô: jiû-sūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiusun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziu¹³⁻²² sun²²/

Adjective

柔順

1. gentle and agreeable; meek

Synonyms

• 平和
• 平易 (píngyì)
• 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 柔和 (róuhé) (also of sound, voice, colour, lighting, etc.)
• 柔弱 (róuruò)
• 溫和／温和
• 溫存／温存 (wēncún)
• 溫柔／温柔 (wēnróu) (especially of a woman)

 

Derived terms

• 柔順劑／柔顺剂 (róushùnjì)