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Flexibility
Alternate / Japanese version
柔軟性 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja word that means “flexibility.”
It can also mean “compatibility,” “pliability,” “softness” and “elasticity.”
See Also: Flexibility | Cooperation
Nguyen / Ruan
Surname
阮 is the original Chinese character that represented the Vietnamese surname Nguyễn before Vietnam stopped using Chinese characters and romanized their language. It is probably the most common surname in all of Vietnam. While romanized as Nguyen, it sounds more like the English word “Win” or “When.” 阮 can also represent the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam, which lasted from 1802 to 1945.
阮 is also the Chinese surname Ruan, most Chinese with this surname have ancestors from a small state named Ruan during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of modern-day Gansu Province.
In Japanese, this can be the rare surnames pronounced Min, Gen, Ken, Gan, or En.
Besides a surname, this character also represents an ancient musical instrument.
Pangain-Noon
This is the martial arts title Pangai-Noon or Pan Gai Noon in Chinese.
The meaning is something like half hard, half soft.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
阮 see styles |
ruǎn ruan3 juan guen グエン |
More info & calligraphy: Nguyen / Ruan(surname) Nguyen |
堧 see styles |
ruán ruan2 juan |
adjoin |
壖 see styles |
ruán ruan2 juan |
land on water edge or under wall |
撋 see styles |
ruán ruan2 juan |
to rub between the hands |
朊 see styles |
ruǎn ruan3 juan |
protein |
瓀 see styles |
ruǎn ruan3 juan |
opaque; white quartz |
碝 see styles |
ruǎn ruan3 juan |
jade-like stone |
礝 see styles |
ruǎn ruan3 juan |
old variant of 碝[ruan3] |
緛 see styles |
ruǎn ruan3 juan |
(archaic) to shorten |
耎 see styles |
ruǎn ruan3 juan nen |
archaic variant of 軟|软[ruan3] weak |
軟 软 see styles |
ruǎn ruan3 juan nan なん |
soft; flexible (adj-t,adv-to) soft soft, yielding. |
輭 软 see styles |
ruǎn ruan3 juan nan |
variant of 軟|软[ruan3] Soft, yielding, pliant, supple. |
中阮 see styles |
zhōng ruǎn zhong1 ruan3 chung juan |
zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range |
善軟 善软 see styles |
shàn ruǎn shan4 ruan3 shan juan zennan |
good and gentle |
嘴軟 嘴软 see styles |
zuǐ ruǎn zui3 ruan3 tsui juan |
soft-spoken; afraid to speak out |
大阮 see styles |
dà ruǎn da4 ruan3 ta juan |
daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range |
微軟 微软 see styles |
wēi ruǎn wei1 ruan3 wei juan |
Microsoft Corporation |
心軟 心软 see styles |
xīn ruǎn xin1 ruan3 hsin juan |
to be softhearted; to be tenderhearted; to be kindhearted |
手軟 手软 see styles |
shǒu ruǎn shou3 ruan3 shou juan |
to be lenient; to relent; to be reluctant to make a hard decision; to think twice |
服軟 服软 see styles |
fú ruǎn fu2 ruan3 fu juan |
to admit defeat; to give in; to acknowledge a mistake; to apologize; to be amenable to persuasion |
柔軟 柔软 see styles |
róu ruǎn rou2 ruan3 jou juan juunan / junan じゅうなん |
soft (noun or adjectival noun) (1) flexible; lithe; soft; pliable; (2) (abbreviation) (See 柔軟体操) calisthenics flexible |
柔輭 see styles |
róu ruǎn rou2 ruan3 jou juan nyūnan |
(A heart) mild and pliable (responsive to the truth). |
殺軟 杀软 see styles |
shā ruǎn sha1 ruan3 sha juan |
antivirus software; abbr. for 殺毒軟件|杀毒软件[sha1 du2 ruan3 jian4] |
疲軟 疲软 see styles |
pí ruǎn pi2 ruan3 p`i juan pi juan |
tired and feeble |
癱軟 瘫软 see styles |
tān ruǎn tan1 ruan3 t`an juan tan juan |
limp; weak |
發軟 发软 see styles |
fā ruǎn fa1 ruan3 fa juan |
to weaken; to go soft (at the knees) |
硬軟 硬软 see styles |
yìng ruǎn ying4 ruan3 ying juan kounan / konan こうなん |
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line Hard and soft. |
細軟 细软 see styles |
xì ruǎn xi4 ruan3 hsi juan sainan |
fine and soft; valuables slender |
耎品 see styles |
ruǎn pǐn ruan3 pin3 juan p`in juan pin nenpon |
weak type |
耳軟 耳软 see styles |
ěr ruǎn er3 ruan3 erh juan |
credulous |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Flexibility | 柔軟性 柔软性 | junansei | róu ruǎn xìng rou2 ruan3 xing4 rou ruan xing rouruanxing | jou juan hsing joujuanhsing |
| Nguyen Ruan | 阮 / 阮 阮 | Min / Gen | ruǎn / ruan3 / ruan | juan |
| Pangain-Noon | 半硬軟 半硬软 | bàn yìng ruǎn ban4 ying4 ruan3 ban ying ruan banyingruan | pan ying juan panyingjuan |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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