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Hot (spicy)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 10 sentences

辣 (là) means Hot (spicy). Below are 10 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这个菜太 了。

Zhège cài tài là le.

This dish is too spicy.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 ·

我不太能吃

Wǒ bú tài néng chī là.

I cannot really handle spicy food.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 ·

From the travel phrasebook

spicy (chilli)

Travel phrasebook · Reading a Chinese menu

Wēi là.

Mildly spicy.

Travel phrasebook · Ordering in a restaurant

不要

Bú yào là.

Not spicy, please.

Travel phrasebook · Ordering in a restaurant

吗?

Yào là ma?

Do you want it spicy?

Travel phrasebook · Ordering in a restaurant

我不吃

Wǒ bù chī là.

I don't eat spicy food.

Travel phrasebook · Ordering in a restaurant

这个比较

Zhège bǐjiào là.

That one is quite spicy.

Travel phrasebook · Reading a Chinese menu

From the grammar library

这个菜

Zhège cài là bu là?

Is this dish spicy?

Grammar library · HSK 2 · A-not-A questions

这个菜有点儿

Zhège cài yǒudiǎnr là.

This dish is a bit spicy.

Grammar library · HSK 3 · 一点儿 vs 有点儿

Questions about 辣

How is 辣 used in a sentence?

This page shows 10 sentences using 辣 (là, "Hot (spicy)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 辣 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 辣 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 辣 an HSK word?

Yes — 辣 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 辣?

The dictionary page for 辣 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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