麻辣

Chinese

		(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother	hot (spicy); pungent
trad. (麻辣)		麻	辣
simp. #(麻辣)		麻	辣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): málà

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄌㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ laat⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mo-laq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: málà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄌㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: málà
    • Wade–Giles: ma²-la⁴
    • Yale: má-là
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: malah
    • Palladius: мала (mala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ lä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴ laat⁶
    • Yale: màh laaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ laat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ lad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ laːt̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mo-laq
    • MiniDict: mo^去 lah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mo-laq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²² laʔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

麻辣

1. spicy with a tingly, numbing sensation; commonly associated with Sichuan pepper

Derived terms

• 麻辣火鍋／麻辣火锅
• 麻辣燙／麻辣烫 (málàtàng)
• 麻辣香鍋／麻辣香锅 (málà xiāngguō)

 

Descendants

• → Burmese: မာလာ (mala)
• → Korean: 마라 (mara)
• → Thai: หมาล่า, หม่าล่า (“Sichuan pepper”)