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辣
là
1. hot (spicy)
2. pungent
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

辣
là
pepper; hot, spicy; cruel
HSK 4 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

老辣
lǎolà
shrewd and ruthless
辣彼
làbǐ
rabbi (loanword)
辛辣
xīnlà
spicy hot (taste)
微辣
wēilà
mildly spicy
辣妹
Làmèi
Spice Girls (1990s UK pop group)
辣妹
làmèi
hot chick
重辣
zhònglà
very spicy
辣子
làzi
cayenne pepper
辣汁
làzhī
hot sauce
恶辣
èlà
ruthless
极辣
jílà
very spicy
毒辣
dúlà
cruel
泼辣
pōla
shrewish
火辣
huǒlà
painful heat
中辣
zhōnglà
hot
俗辣
súlà
(Taiwan slang) coward
麻辣
málà
hot and numbing
辣椒
làjiāo
hot pepper
HSK 5
辣根
làgēn
horseradish
麻辣烫
málàtàng
hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls)

Alternate Entries

辣
là
old variant of [[辣<là>]]
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,419
Word Frequency Rank
3,316 of 84,292