Chinese symbol for “pushover”
软柿子
ruǎn shì zi
Traditional: 軟柿子
(coll.) pushover; soft touch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pushover is 软柿子 (ruǎn shì zi), defined as: (coll.) pushover; soft touch.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pushover”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鱼腩 (魚腩) | yú nǎn | soft, tender belly part of a fish (considered a delicacy); (fig.) (sports) weak team; pushover; minnow |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 软柿子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 软件 (軟件) | ruǎn jiàn | software |
| 软体 (軟體) | ruǎn tǐ | (of an animal) soft-bodied; (Tw) software |
| 软弱 (軟弱) | ruǎn ruò | weak; feeble |
| 柔软 (柔軟) | róu ruǎn | soft |
| 软禁 (軟禁) | ruǎn jìn | to place under house arrest |
| 疲软 (疲軟) | pí ruǎn | tired and feeble |
| 西红柿 (西紅柿) | xī hóng shì | tomato |
| 柿子 | shì zi | persimmon; (Northeastern dialect) tomato |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pushover”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.