辣 (laat6 | la4) : hot, piquant

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辣

laat6

la4

[1] peppery; pungent; hot; piquant [2] [v] burn; bite (smell, taste) [3] [Wu] be

Stroke count: 14

Level: 4

Radical: (#160)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

辣

This word has been viewed 9789 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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酸辣 syun1 laat6 suan1 la4 = hot and sour

辣妹 laat6 mui6*1 la4 mei4 = a hot looking attractive female; [粵] 索女, 好嗦 , 好索國

滾熱辣 gwan2 jit6 laat6 = piping hot 粵

麻辣 maa4 laat6 ma2 la4 = spicy and numbing flavour

酸辣醬 syun1 laat6 zoeng3 suan1 la4 jiang4 = hot and sour sauce; chutney

辣椒 laat6 ziu1 la4 jiao1 = hot pepper; chili pepper; capsicum

辣醬 laat6 zoeng3 la4 jiang4 = hot sauce

潑辣 put3 laat6 po1 la4 = bitchy; shrewish

熱辣辣 jit6 laat6 laat6 = burning hot; scorching; to be excited

辣椒醬 laat6 ziu1 zoeng3 la4 jiao1 jiang4 = chili sauce
See all 44 compounds (CantoDict reports 45 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 辣
Unicode code for this character: U+8FA3 (off-site link)

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