柿子椒 shì zi jiāo bell pepper, aka sweet pepper syn 牛角椒 niú jiǎo jiāo Cayenne pepper / red pepper / chili 挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 辣椒 là jiāo hot pepper / chili syn 红辣椒 紅辣椒 hóng là jiāo hot red pepper / chili 辣 là hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn syn 辣胡椒 là hú jiāo hot pepper 番椒 fān jiāo hot pepper / chili syn 老虎菜 lǎo hǔ cài tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 升温 升溫 shēng wēn to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost 炎热 炎熱 yán rè blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather) syn 闷热 悶熱 mēn rè sultry / sultriness / hot and stuffy / stifling hot syn 热风 熱風 rè fēng hot wind / hot air syn 热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn 热熔胶 熱熔膠 rè róng jiāo hot-melt adhesive / hot glue 烫 燙 tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot syn 二杆子 èr gān zi hot-tempered / rash / hot-tempered person 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 syn 热补 熱補 rè bǔ hot patching (of insulating material in a furnace) / hot patching (runtime correction in computing) 热辣辣 熱辣辣 rè là là burning hot / scorching / (of food) spicy hot / (of news, topics etc) sensational / attention-grabbing / emotionally intense syn 热室 熱室 rè shì hot cell / hot cave / cave 保温食橱 保溫食櫥 hot cupboard unit / hotlock / hot cupboard / foodwarmer 突变热点 突變熱點 mutation hot spot / mutational hot spot 火烫 火燙 huǒ tàng burning hot / fiery / to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs 打边炉 打邊爐 dǎ biān lú (Cantonese) to eat hot pot / hot pot 纸火锅 紙火鍋 zhǐ huǒ guō paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table) 温泉蛋 溫泉蛋 wēn quán dàn onsen tamago / hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) 温玉 溫玉 wēn yù onsen tamago / hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 温玉 "ontama", which is an abbr. for 温泉玉子 "onsen tamago") 热轧 熱軋 rè zhá (metallurgy) hot-rolled / hot-rolling 筛 篩 shāi (bound form) a sieve / to sieve / to sift / to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong) syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 花椒 huā jiāo Sichuan pepper / Chinese prickly ash syn 青椒 qīng jiāo Capsicum annuum / green pepper syn 胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder) 胡椒 hú jiāo pepper syn 辣椒酱 辣椒醬 là jiāo jiàng red pepper paste / chili sauce 辣子 là zi cayenne pepper / chili syn 尖椒 jiān jiāo chili pepper 黑胡椒 hēi hú jiāo black pepper 椒 jiāo pepper syn 地三鲜 地三鮮 dì sān xiān dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper 多香果 duō xiāng guǒ all-spice (Pimenta dioica) / Jamaican pepper 烤胡椒香肠 烤胡椒香腸 kǎo hú jiāo xiāng cháng roast pepper sausage / pepperoni 牙买加胡椒 牙買加胡椒 yá mǎi jiā hú jiāo Jamaican pepper / allspice (Pimenta dioica) 众香子 眾香子 zhòng xiāng zi all-spice (Pimenta dioica) / Jamaican pepper 红辣椒粉 紅辣椒粉 hóng là jiāo fěn red pepper powder / paprika 胡椒子 hú jiāo zǐ peppercorn / seeds of pepper 胡椒属 胡椒屬 hú jiāo shǔ pepper genus (Piper spp.) 胡椒粒 hú jiāo lì peppercorn / seeds of pepper 香辣椒 xiāng là jiāo all-spice (Pimenta dioica) / Jamaican pepper 胡椒喷雾 胡椒噴霧 hú jiāo pēn wù pepper spray / OC spray 建立辣椒共同体协定 建立辣椒共同体協定 jiàn lì là jiāo gòng tòng tǐ xié dìng Agreement Establishing the International Pepper Community 国际胡椒共同体 國際胡椒共同体 guó jì hú jiāo gòng tòng tǐ International Pepper Community 辣椒喷雾剂 辣椒噴霧劑 pepper spray / oleoresin capsicum spray 朝天椒 cháo tiān jiāo chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var) 防狼喷雾 防狼噴霧 fáng láng pēn wù pepper spray 泡椒 pào jiāo pickled pepper 麻椒 má jiāo an extra strong type of Sichuan pepper, dark green when ripe but light brown after air drying 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 热门 熱門 rè mén popular / hot / in vogue syn 热点 熱點 rè diǎn hot spot / point of special interest syn 热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology) syn 温泉 溫泉 wēn quán hot spring / spa / onsen syn 热水 熱水 rè shuǐ hot water syn 热销 熱銷 rè xiāo to sell well / hot-selling 火辣 huǒ là painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy 怒火 nù huǒ rage / fury / hot anger syn 保温 保溫 bǎo wēn to keep hot / heat preservation 辣妹 là mèi hot chick / sexy girl / abbr. LM 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn 过热 過熱 guò rè too hot / (fig.) (economics) overheated / (physics) to superheat 红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star 麻辣 má là hot and numbing syn 炽热 熾熱 chì rè red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate syn 灼热 灼熱 zhuó rè burning hot / scorching syn 热泪 熱淚 rè lèi hot tears 辛辣 xīn là spicy hot (taste) / fig. biting (criticism) syn 滚烫 滾燙 gǔn tàng boiling hot syn 热处理 熱處理 rè chǔ lǐ hot treatment (e.g. of metal) 