软腭 ruǎn'è soft palate Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 软 軟 ruǎn adjective soft soft; flexible; pliant; easy to bend or deform when pressure is applied腭 齶 è palate The roof of the mouth in vertebrates, consisting of the hard palate at the front and the soft palate at the back; also written as 颚 è