Chinese Word of the Day

辣椒
là jiāo

capsicum

Definitions

Chinese > English
辣椒
1. chili
English > Chinese
capsicum
1. 辣椒
Components
辣	là
1. spicy; hot; peppery; pungent; hot
無辣不歡 - I don't find food that isn't spicy tasty.
我不吃辣。 - I don't eat spicy food.
2. to be spicy; to be hot; to burn
3. cruel; vicious
毒辣 - sinister
La
4. to be at; to be located at
5. at; in
6. be ...-ing; in the middle of doing something (indicating an action in progress)
7. Variant of 焫
焫	ruò
1. Alternative form of 爇 (to ignite; to set on fire)
2. (TCM) to burn a needle applied to acupoints to stimulate them
3. (Cantonese, Hakka) (of hot objects) to burn; to scald; to sear
我畀滾水焫嚫手。 - My hand was scalded by boiling water.
焫嚫條脷 - to burn one's tongue
4. (Cantonese, Hakka) very hot; scalding
椒	jiāo
1. (originally) Sichuan pepper
2. any similar plants and spices, such as pepper and chili
3. summit