HSK 6 · Adjectives

柔和 róuhé “soft” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 柔和 means

  1. soft
  2. gentle
  3. mild

How to say 柔和

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale柔róu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale和hé2nd tone, rising

柔和 in a sentence

  1. 房间里的灯光很柔和。

    Fángjiān lǐ de dēngguāng hěn róuhé.

    The light in the room is soft.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她说话的声音很柔和。

    Tā shuōhuà de shēngyīn hěn róuhé.

    She has a gentle voice.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 柔和 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 柔 (róu) with each of its parts in a different colour
柔róusoft
  • 矛spear · máo
  • 木tree · mù
The character 和 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
和héand; together with; with
  • 禾grain · héSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 禾 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with hé.

How to write 柔和

柔 9 strokes · 和 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

柔和 (róuhé) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 柔和 (róuhé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 柔和

Words with 柔

温柔wēnróu · gentle

Words with 和

和hé · and暖和nuǎnhuo · warm和平hépíng · peace附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)缓和huǎnhé · to ease调和tiáohé · to reconcile和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly和睦hémù · harmonious和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious

More words: Adjectives

人工réngōng · man-made人为rénwéi · man-made任性rènxìng · wilful融洽róngqià · harmonious上进shàngjìn · eager to improve擅自shànzì · without permission奢侈shēchǐ · luxurious深奥shēn'ào · profound

FAQs

柔和 (róuhé) means “soft” or “gentle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it róuhé: róu with a 2nd tone, then hé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 柔和 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rouhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 柔和 from the suggestions. Typing rouhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
柔和 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.