- Home
- Dictionary
- 辣椒
辣椒
là jiāo
Meaning
- hot pepper
Definition
一种带有辣味的植物果实，常作调味品或蔬菜食用。
A plant fruit with a spicy flavor, commonly used as a seasoning or vegetable.
Usage
辣椒常用于烹饪中增加辣味，也用于制作辣椒酱、辣椒粉等调味品。
Chili peppers are often used in cooking to add spiciness, and also used to make chili sauce, chili powder, and other condiments.
Examples
- 1 这道菜放了很多辣椒，吃起来很辣。 (This dish has a lot of chili peppers, it tastes very spicy.)
- 2 我不太能吃辣，所以只放了一点点辣椒。 (I can't eat spicy food very well, so I only added a little bit of chili.)
- 3 四川菜以使用大量辣椒和花椒闻名。 (Sichuan cuisine is famous for using a lot of chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns.)
- 4 她喜欢在吃面条时加一些辣椒油。 (She likes to add some chili oil when eating noodles.)
- 5 市场上卖的各种辣椒，有新鲜的也有晒干的。 (Various chilies are sold in the market, both fresh and dried.)
Put it into practice
Exam-style HSK drills with instant scoring and explanations.
Find my HSK level
Free · about 3 minutes · no account needed
Look up words like this on any website
The free HSK Training extension shows pinyin, meaning and HSK level when you hover Chinese text — anywhere on the web.