辣椒
làjiāo
chili pepper
Characters in this word
椒 jiāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这道菜放了太多辣椒，味道刺激但很下饭。 Zhè dào cài fàng le tài duō làjiāo, wèidào cìjī dàn hěn xiàfàn. This dish has too many chilli peppers; the flavour is intense but goes very well with rice.
- 妈妈在阳台上种了几盆红辣椒。 Māma zài yángtái shang zhòng le jǐ pén hóng làjiāo. Mum grows a few pots of red chilli peppers on the balcony.
- 我不太能吃辣，点菜的时候请别放辣椒。 Wǒ bú tài néng chī là, diǎn cài de shíhou qǐng bié fàng làjiāo. I can't eat spicy food very well, so please don't add chilli when ordering.