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麻辣

málà

numbing and spicy

HSK 8 · Topic “Food and cooking”
A bowl of red spicy broth with chilies
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Characters in this word

麻 má

Strokes
11
Radical
麻 — hemp, flax, sesame
Made of
广 broad, vast, wide 林 forest, grove
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 麻

辣 là

Strokes
14
Radical
辛 — bitter
Made of
辛 bitter 束 to bind, to control, to restrain
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 麻辣火锅的流行，不只是口味问题，也反映了城市夜生活的扩张。 Málà huǒguō de liúxíng, bù zhǐ shì kǒuwèi wèntí, yě fǎnyìng le chéngshì yèshēnghuó de kuòzhāng. The popularity of numbing-spicy hotpot is not merely a matter of taste; it also reflects the expansion of urban nightlife.
  • 我喜欢吃麻辣的菜，越辣越过瘾。 Wǒ xǐhuan chī málà de cài, yuè là yuè guòyǐn. I like numbing-spicy food; the hotter the better.
  • 麻辣烫是一种很受欢迎的街头小吃。 Málàtàng shì yì zhǒng hěn shòu huānyíng de jiētóu xiǎochī. Malatang is a very popular street snack.

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