Chinese words pronounced ruan (any tone) 9 words, in the 2 tones ruan is read in. ruán (2nd tone) 3 words 壖(ruán) land on water edge or under wall 堧(ruán) adjoin 撋(ruán) to rub between the hands 壖(ruán) land on water edge or under wall 堧(ruán) adjoin 撋(ruán) to rub between the hands ruǎn (3rd tone) 6 words 软(ruǎn) soft 阮(ruǎn) ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute 朊(ruǎn) protein 緛(ruǎn) to shorten 瓀(ruǎn) opaque 軟(ruǎn) soft 阮(ruǎn) ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute 朊(ruǎn) protein 緛(ruǎn) to shorten 瓀(ruǎn) opaque All 6 words pronounced ruǎn