DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

優柔

简优柔 · 繁優柔

Mandarin · pinyin yōu róu

gentle
carefree
indecisive
weak

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

優: Look up this written character
柔: róu · soft; gentle, pliant
优: yōu · superior, excellent; actor

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–2 · you1 rou2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

優柔 · find source passages ↗ · 优柔 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jau1 jau4

Cantonese word readings for 優柔. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack