火辣辣

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	hot (spicy); pungent	hot (spicy); pungent
trad. (火辣辣)		火	辣	辣
simp. #(火辣辣)		火	辣	辣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒlàlà

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒlàlà
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒlàlà
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-la⁴-la⁴
    • Yale: hwǒ-là-là
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoolahlah
    • Palladius: холала (xolala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹/

Adjective

火辣辣

1. (of temperature) extremely hot; scorching; (of pain) burning

   火辣辣的太陽直射在他們身上。 [MSC, trad.]
   火辣辣的太阳直射在他们身上。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huǒlàlà de tàiyáng zhí shè zài tāmen shēn shàng. [Pinyin]

   The scorching sun blazed down on them.

   我火辣辣地挨了一巴掌 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   wǒ huǒlàlà de ái le yībāzhǎng [Pinyin]

   A stinging slap came on my jaw.

2. (of personality) bold and resolute; (of criticism) sharp
3. (of relationship) sexy; hot

   一個已婚的男子和他的秘書正進行著火辣辣的婚外情。 [MSC, trad.]
   一个已婚的男子和他的秘书正进行着火辣辣的婚外情。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yī ge yǐhūn de nánzǐ hé tā de mìshū zhèng jìnxíng zhe huǒlàlà de hūnwàiqíng. [Pinyin]

   A married man and his secretary were having a torrid affair.

Synonyms

• 火辣 (huǒlà)