辣
làlā HSK4

spicy

辣 là frequency
variant 辢
spicy adjective
hot; peppery; pungent like chili, garlic, or ginger

我不喜欢辣的食物。

wǒ bù xǐ​huan là de shí​wù.

I don't like spicy food.

ruthless
vicious; cruel; heartless, as in the phrase 心狠手辣 xīn​hěn​shǒu​là
辣 là
to sting
to cause a burning sensation on the tongue, eyes, or skin
sexy
(slang) hot; sexy; provocative in dress or appearance
surname
a Chinese surname
辣 lā
burning
bound form used in reduplicated structures like 火辣辣 huǒ​là​là, meaning burning hot or stinging

Cross-References

Synonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,420th most common 21.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,420th most common 49.1 per million appears in 18% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
50.4 per million appears in 15% of films
Written text
29.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+8FA3

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)