The invention discloses a soft measurement method for the overflow particle size of a hydrocyclone. The method comprises the following steps of: A. acquiring xi1, xi2, xi3, xi4 and yi separately; B. performing normalization processing on xik (k is equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4) and yi separately, obtaining processed values xik and yi, and obtaining a sample set defined in the specification, wherein xi is defined in the specification; C. setting gamma and K(x,xi); D. calculating a formula defined in the specification; E. performing inverse normalization reduction on y(x) to obtain ypi; and F. acquiring x1, x2, x3 and X4 separately to obtain a formula defined in the specification, and substituting x into ypi to calculate current overflow particle size. The method is short in test time, can realize real-time automatic control, and is relatively low in cost, low in sample requirement and high in prediction precision.