| 麻辣烫 | má là tàng | hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls) |  |
| 红辣椒 | hóng là jiāo | hot red pepper / chili | |
| 酸辣汤 | suān là tāng | hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup | |
| 变态辣 | biàn tài là | (coll.) insanely spicy | |
| 哈摩辣 | Hā mó là | Gomorrah | |
| 火辣辣 | huǒ là là | scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful / burning / (of one's mood) agitated / heated / intense / (of a personality) fiery / sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot |  |
| 青芥辣 | qīng jiè là | horseradish / wasabi / green mustard | |
| 热辣辣 | rè là là | burning hot / scorching / (of food) spicy hot / (of news, topics etc) sensational / attention-grabbing / emotionally intense | |
| 酸辣酱 | suān là jiàng | hot and sour sauce / chutney | |
| 甜不辣 | tián bù là | deep-fried fish cake popular in Taiwan (loanword from Japanese "tempura") | |
| 香辣椒 | xiāng là jiāo | all-spice (Pimenta dioica) / Jamaican pepper | |
| 则辣黑 | Zé là hēi | Zerah (son of Judah in the Old Testament) | |
| 酸甜苦辣 | suān tián kǔ là | sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot / fig. the joys and sorrows of life | |
| 心狠手辣 | xīn hěn shǒu là | vicious and merciless (idiom) | |
| 吃香喝辣 | chī xiāng hē là | lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well | |
| 红辣椒粉 | hóng là jiāo fěn | red pepper powder / paprika | |
| 酸甜苦辣 | suān - tián - kǔ - là | lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom) / fig. all kinds of flavors / the joys and sorrows of life | |
| 酸儿辣女 | suān ér là nu:3 | if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy / if she likes to eat spicy, she will have a girl (idiom) | |
| 心毒手辣 | xīn dú shǒu là | vicious and ruthless | |
| 心狠手辣 | xīn hěn - shǒu là | (idiom) vicious / merciless | |
| 阴险毒辣 | yīn xiǎn dú là | treacherous and murderous | |
| 姜是老的辣 | jiāng shì lǎo de là | see 薑還是老的辣|姜还是老的辣[jiang1 hai2 shi4 lao3 de5 la4] | |
| 墨西哥辣椒 | Mò xī gē là jiāo | jalapeño | |
| 酸辣土豆丝 | suān là tǔ dòu sī | hot and sour shredded potato | |
| 姜还是老的辣 | jiāng hái shì lǎo de là | ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser | |
| 索多玛与哈摩辣 | Suǒ duō mǎ yǔ Hā mó là | Sodom and Gomorrah | |
| 建立辣椒共同体协定 | jiàn lì là jiāo gòng tòng tǐ xié dìng | Agreement Establishing the International Pepper Community | |
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