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辣

là

HSK 4 Character

What 辣 means

1. hot (spicy)
2. pungent
3. (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
4. to burn

Other readings

辣 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• làold variant of {辣|là}

Example sentences

• 不是很辣。
  It is not very spicy.
• 我不吃辣。
  I don't eat spicy food.
• 姜是老的辣。
  The older, the wiser.
• 您吃不吃辣椒？
  Nín chī bù chī làjiāo?
  Do you want pepper on it?
• 辣点儿没关系。
  I don't mind if it's hot.
• 我不喜欢吃辣的。
  Wǒ bù xǐhuan chī là de.
  I don't like spicy food.

Words starting with 辣

• 辣椒là jiāohot pepper; chili
• 辣子là zicayenne pepper; chili
• 辣椒酱là jiāo jiàngred pepper paste; chili sauce
• 辣妹là mèihot chick; sexy girl; abbr. LM
• 辣妈là mā(colloquial) hot mom
• 辣彼là bǐ(loanword) rabbi
• 辣根là gēnhorseradish
• 辣条là tiáolatiao, spicy gluten strip (Chinese snack); (slang) snake
• 辣汁là zhīhot sauce; chili sauce
• 辣鸡là jīspicy chicken; (net slang) garbage (pun on 垃圾
• 辣哈布Là hā bù(Catholicism) Rahab, mother of Boaz
• 辣妹子là mèi zisassy young woman or pretty girl…
• 辣子鸡là zi jīlaziji, spicy dish of chicken cubes stir-fried with chili peppers
• 辣白菜là bái càispicy pickled cabbage; kimchi
• 辣眼睛là yǎn jing(neologism c. 2016) (slang) unpleasant to look at; hard on the eyes
• 辣豆酱là dòu jiàngchili con carne
• 辣酱油là jiàng yóuWorcestershire sauce
• 辣椒仔Là jiāo zǎiTabasco (brand)
• 辣椒素là jiāo sùcapsaicin
• 辣胡椒là hú jiāohot pepper

Words containing 辣

• 麻辣má làhot and numbing
• 火辣辣huǒ là làscorching hot; (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning; (of one's mood) agitated…
• 酸甜苦辣suān tián kǔ là(lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom); (fig.) all kinds of flavors…
• 泼辣pō lashrewish; pungent; forceful
• 辛辣xīn làspicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism)
• 麻辣烫má là tànghot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls)
• 火辣huǒ làpainful heat; scorching; rude and forthright
• 毒辣dú làcruel; sinister; vicious
• 热辣辣rè là làburning hot; scorching; (of food) spicy hot; (of news, topics etc) sensational…
• 吃香喝辣chī xiāng hē làlit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom); fig. to live well
• 心狠手辣xīn hěn shǒu là(idiom) vicious; merciless
• 中辣zhōng làhot; medium level of spiciness
• 俗辣sú là(slang; Taiwan) coward; paper tiger; a nobody (from Taiwanese 卒仔, Tai-lo pr. [tsut-á])
• 加辣jiā làto add spice; to make it spicy
• 微辣wēi làmildly spicy
• 恶辣è làruthless
• 极辣jí làvery spicy
• 老辣lǎo làshrewd and ruthless; efficient and unscrupulous
• 解辣jiě làto relieve the burning sensation of spicy food
• 重辣zhòng làvery spicy
• 则辣黑Zé là hēiZerah (son of Judah in the Old Testament)
• 哈摩辣Hā mó làGomorrah
• 小米辣xiǎo mǐ làxiaomila, a hot chili pepper cultivar (Capsicum frutescens)
• 甜不辣tián bù làdeep-fried fish cake popular in Taiwan (loanword from Japanese "tempura")

Characters that look like 辣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 貌mào(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
• 腺xiàngland
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 骼géused in 骨骼
• 踉liángused in 跳踉
• 裱biǎoto hang (paper); to mount (painting)

Sounds the same

Read là, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蜡candle; wax
• 腊ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month…
• 落to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring
• 剌perverse; unreasonable; absurd
• 拉used in 拉拉蛄; variant of 落
• 瘌scabies; scald-head
• 镴solder; tin
• 蝲used in 蝲蛄; used in 蝲蝲蛄
• 攋to destroy; to rip; to tear open
• 楋(archaic) species of tree mentioned in ancient texts
• 鬎bald; scabby
• 䗶old variant of 蜡