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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
là | la4
English translation
old variant of [là]
pepper; hot, spicy; cruel

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Xīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

bitter

Etymology of

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辛束

Semantic compound

Xīn

Phonetic compound

Shù

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Xīn represents the meaning and Shù represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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湖南 Hú nán 风味 fēngwèi , 口味 kǒuwèi xiāng .

It offers food of Hunan flavor, which is hot and spicy.

ēn , cháng 起来 qǐlai 不错 bù cuò , 只是 zhǐ shì shāo le 一点 yī diǎn .

Well, it tastes good, but it's a bit hot.

喜欢 xǐhuan chī de , 但是 dànshì 喜欢 xǐhuan 甜食 tián shí .

I like spicy food, but I don't like sweet food.

呈现 chéngxiàn le 强烈 qiángliè de 成熟 chéngshú 浆果 jiāng guǒ de 味道 wèidao , 香甜 xiāng tián ér Wēi .

The aroma displays intense, ripe mulberry fruit with sweet spicy notes.

那天 nà tiān 晚上 wǎnshang 早些 zǎo xiē 时候 shíhou 的确 díquè shì chī le tài duō xiāng 咖喱 gā lí le .

He did have too much spiced curry chicken earlier that evening.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
pungent
辣椒 làjiāo chili辣椒 làjiāo
麻辣 má là hot and numbing麻辣 má là
辛辣 xīn là spicy hot (taste)辛辣 xīn là
酸甜苦辣 suān tián kǔ là sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot酸甜苦辣 suān tián kǔ là
火辣辣 huǒ là là painful heat火辣辣 huǒ là là
火辣 huǒ là painful heat火辣 huǒ là
辣椒酱 là jiāo jiàng red pepper paste辣椒醬
心狠手辣 xīn hěn shǒu là vicious and merciless (idiom)心狠手辣 xīn hěn shǒu là
泼辣 pō la shrewish潑辣
毒辣 dú là cruel毒辣 dú là
辣子 là zi chili辣子 là zi
老辣 lǎo là shrewd and ruthless老辣 lǎo là
辣根 là gēn horseradish辣根 là gēn
酸辣汤 suān là tāng hot and sour soup酸辣湯
吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là fig. to live well吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là
辣酱油 là jiàng yóu Worcestershire sauce辣醬油
阴险毒辣 yīn xiǎn dú là treacherous and murderous陰險毒辣
恶辣 è là ruthless惡辣

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Decomposition

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