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辣椒

là jiāo

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

辣椒 (là jiāo) means "hot pepper". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 辣椒 means

1. hot pepper
2. chili

The characters in 辣椒

• 辣làhot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
• 椒jiāopepper

Example sentences

• 您吃不吃辣椒？
  Nín chī bù chī làjiāo?
  Do you want pepper on it?
• 玛丽的包里有辣椒喷雾。
  Mary carries pepper spray in her purse.
• 辣椒是我最喜欢的香料之一。
  Capsicum is one of my favorite spices.
• 七个月前，一家名为苏克埃尔塔耶布的黎巴嫩社会企业的厨师开始教这些妇女新的烹饪技能，包括萨姆克哈拉 (在鱼里塞满松子、香菜和辣椒酱) 和马阿穆尔饼干等传统菜肴。
  Seven months ago, chefs from a Lebanese social enterprise named Souk el Tayeb began teaching the women new cooking skills, including such traditional dishes as samke harra — fish stuffed with pine nuts, coriander and chili sauce — and ma'amoul cookies.

Words starting with 辣椒

• 辣椒酱là jiāo jiàngred pepper paste; chili sauce
• 辣椒仔Là jiāo zǎiTabasco (brand)
• 辣椒素là jiāo sùcapsaicin

Words containing 辣椒

• 红辣椒hóng là jiāohot red pepper; chili
• 墨西哥辣椒Mò xī gē là jiāojalapeño

Where 辣椒 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Food, Cooking & Cuisine (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read là jiāo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.