麻辣烫

Traditional form:

麻辣燙

Pinyin (reading):

málàtàng

Definitions:

• hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls)

Characters:

• 麻 - hemp, flax, sesame; numb
• 辣 - pepper; hot, spicy; cruel
• 烫 - to scald; to iron clothes or hair

Traditional characters:

• 麻 - hemp, flax, sesame; numb
• 辣 - pepper; hot, spicy; cruel
• 燙 - to scald; to iron clothes or hair