Korean food is noted for its spicy flavor.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
辛辣
spicy hot (taste)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
spicy hot (taste)
02
fig. biting (criticism)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 辛辣 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 辛辣 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I'm not used to spicy food.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 辛辣.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 辛辣.
Directly before
- 以辛辣1
- 习惯辛辣1
Directly after
- 辛辣闻名1
- 辛辣的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 辛辣
What does 辛辣 mean in Chinese?
辛辣 (xīnlà) means spicy hot (taste).
How do you pronounce 辛辣?
辛辣 is pronounced xīnlà.
Is 辛辣 an HSK word?
辛辣 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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