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

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

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”)