HSK 5 · Science

软件 ruǎnjiàn “(computer) software” in Chinese

Traditional 軟件

What 软件 means

  1. (computer) software
  2. software

How to say 软件

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale软ruǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale件jiàn4th tone, falling

软件 in a sentence

  1. 我用各种各样的软件学习中文。

    Wǒ yòng gèzhǒnggèyàng de ruǎnjiàn xuéxí Zhōngwén.

    I use all kinds of software to study Chinese.

    Sentence #899122 from Tatoeba

  2. 我如何才能更新这个软件呢？

    Wǒ rúhé cáinéng gēngxīn zhè ge ruǎnjiàn ne?

    How can I update this software?

    Sentence #10305840 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 软件又闪退了。

    Ruǎnjiàn yòu shǎntuì le.

    The app crashed again.

    Sentence #13914957 from Tatoeba

How 软件 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 软 (ruǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
软ruǎnsoft
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 欠yawn · qiànSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 欠 (qiàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with ruǎn.

The character 件 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
件jiànitem
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidAn old explanation: a person 亻 dividing an ox 牛 into pieces: an item, one of many.

How to write 软件

软 8 strokes · 件 6 strokes

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

Words related to 软件

Words with 软

软ruǎn · soft

Words with 件

件jiàn · measure word for clothes邮件yóujiàn · mail电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiàn · email条件tiáojiàn · condition文件wénjiàn · document证件zhèngjiàn · certificate硬件yìngjiàn · hardware零件língjiàn · part案件ànjiàn · legal case稿件gǎojiàn · manuscript

More words: Science & Technology

键盘jiànpán · keyboard浏览liúlǎn · to skim over录音lùyīn · to record (sound)麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)删除shānchú · to delete设备shèbèi · equipment设施shèshī · facilities实验shíyàn · experiment

FAQs

软件 (ruǎnjiàn) means “(computer) software” or “software”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it ruǎnjiàn: ruǎn with a 3rd tone, then jiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 软件 is written 軟件. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ruanjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 软件 from the suggestions. Typing ruanjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
软件 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.