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辛辣

辛辣

Chinese

		8th heavenly stem; tired	hot (spicy); pungent
simp. and trad. (辛辣)		辛	辣

Adjective

辛辣

(of taste) spicy; pungent
(of wording, criticism, etc.) biting; incisive

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīnlà

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄌㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ laat⁶
Min Nan (POJ): sin-loa̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīnlà
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄌㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinlah
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ la̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ laat⁶
  - Yale: sān laaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ laat⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ lɑːt̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-loa̍h
  - Tâi-lô: sin-lua̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinloah
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin³³ luaʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² luaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin⁴⁴⁻²² luaʔ¹²¹/