Usage of the character 辣
là
辣
[辢]
- old variant of 辣 (là)
là
辣
[辣]
- hot (spicy)
- pungent
- (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
- to burn
Làmèi
辣妹
[辣妹]
- Spice Girls (1990s UK pop group)
làmèi
辣妹
[辣妹]
- hot chick
- sexy girl
- abbr. LM
málà
麻辣
[麻辣]
- hot and numbing
lǎolà
老辣
[老辣]
- shrewd and ruthless
- efficient and unscrupulous
xīnlà
辛辣
[辛辣]
- spicy hot (taste)
- fig. biting (criticism)
zhōnglà
中辣
[中辣]
- hot
- medium level of spiciness
dúlà
毒辣
[毒辣]
- cruel
- sinister
- vicious
làzhī
辣汁
[辣汁]
- hot sauce
- chili sauce
làbǐ
辣彼
[辣彼]
- rabbi (loanword)
jílà
极辣
[極辣]
- very spicy
súlà
俗辣
[俗辣]
- (slang) (Tw) coward; paper tiger; a nobody (from Taiwanese 卒仔, Tai-lo pr. (tsut-á))
làzi
辣子
[辣子]
- cayenne pepper
- chili
èlà
恶辣
[惡辣]
- ruthless
zhònglà
重辣
[重辣]
- very spicy
làgēn
辣根
[辣根]
- horseradish
làmā
辣妈
[辣媽]
- (coll.) hot mom
wēilà
微辣
[微辣]
- mildly spicy
làtiáo
辣条
[辣條]
- spicy sticks, a snack food similar to beef jerky but made with flour or dried beancurd instead of meat
làjiāo
辣椒
[辣椒]
- hot pepper
- chili
huǒlà
火辣
[火辣]
- painful heat
- scorching
- rude and forthright
- provocative
- hot
- sexy
làjī
辣鸡
[辣雞]
- spicy chicken
- (Internet slang) garbage (pun on 垃圾 (lājī))
pōla
泼辣
[潑辣]
- shrewish
- pungent
- forceful
- bold and vigorous
jiālà
加辣
[加辣]
- to add spice; to make it spicy
suānlàtāng
酸辣汤
[酸辣湯]
- hot and sour soup
- sour and spicy soup
Làjiāozǎi
辣椒仔
[辣椒仔]
- Tabasco (brand)
Zélàhēi
则辣黑
[則辣黑]
- Zerah (name)
hónglàjiāo
红辣椒
[紅辣椒]
- hot red pepper
- chili
suānlàjiàng
酸辣酱
[酸辣醬]
- hot and sour sauce
- chutney
Hāmólà
哈摩辣
[哈摩辣]
- Gomorrah
qīngjièlà
青芥辣
[青芥辣]
- horseradish
- wasabi
- green mustard
málàtàng
麻辣烫
[麻辣燙]
- hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls)
làmèizi
辣妹子
[辣妹子]
- sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan)
làhújiāo
辣胡椒
[辣胡椒]
- hot pepper
biàntàilà
变态辣
[變態辣]
- (coll.) insanely spicy
làjiāojiàng
辣椒酱
[辣椒醬]
- red pepper paste
- chili sauce
làjiàngyóu
辣酱油
[辣醬油]
- Worcestershire sauce
xiānglàjiāo
香辣椒
[香辣椒]
- all-spice (Pimenta dioica)
- Jamaican pepper
làyǎnjing
辣眼睛
[辣眼睛]
- (neologism c. 2016) (slang) unpleasant to look at
- hard on the eyes
huǒlàlà
火辣辣
[火辣辣]
- scorching hot
- (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning
- (of one's mood) agitated; heated; intense
- (of a personality) fiery; sharp-tongued
- (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot
làdòujiàng
辣豆酱
[辣豆醬]
- chili con carne
tiánbùlà
甜不辣
[甜不辣]
- deep-fried fish cake popular in Taiwan (loanword from Japanese "tempura")
Làhābù
辣哈布
[辣哈布]
- Rahab (name)
xīnhěnshǒulà
心狠手辣
[心狠手辣]
- vicious and merciless (idiom)
suāntiánkǔlà
酸甜苦辣
[酸甜苦辣]
- sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot
- fig. the joys and sorrows of life
yīnxiǎndúlà
阴险毒辣
[陰險毒辣]
- treacherous and murderous
xīndúshǒulà
心毒手辣
[心毒手辣]
- vicious and ruthless
chīxiānghēlà
吃香喝辣
[吃香喝辣]
- lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
- fig. to live well
suān'érlànü
酸儿辣女
[酸兒辣女]
- if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy; if she likes to eat spicy, she will have a girl (idiom)
jiāngshìlǎodelà
姜是老的辣
[薑是老的辣]
- see 薑還是老的辣／姜还是老的辣 (jiāngháishìlǎodelà)
suānlàtǔdòusī
酸辣土豆丝
[酸辣土豆絲]
- hot and sour shredded potato
Mòxīgēlàjiāo
墨西哥辣椒
[墨西哥辣椒]
- jalapeño
jiāngháishìlǎodelà
姜还是老的辣
[薑還是老的辣]
- ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
- the older, the wiser
Suǒduōmǎyǔ Hāmólà
索多玛与哈摩辣
[索多瑪與哈摩辣]
- Sodom and Gomorrah