chili pepper (dialectal)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
chili pepper; hot pepper; capsicum
dialectUsed chiefly in Southwestern Mandarin (Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan) to refer to chili peppers. In standard Mandarin, 辣椒 is preferred.
Sì四
chuān川
rén人
zuò做
cài菜
shǎo少
bu不
liǎo了
hǎi海
jiāo椒
。
Sichuan people can't cook without chili peppers.
Zhè这
dài袋
hǎi海
jiāo椒
shì是
zài在
xiāng乡
xià下
mǎi买
de的
，
tè特
bié别
là辣
。
This bag of chilis was bought in the countryside; they're especially spicy.
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Qù去
cài菜
shì市
chǎng场
bāng帮
wǒ我
chēng称
liǎng两
jīn斤
hǎi海
jiāo椒
。
Go to the vegetable market and weigh out two jin of chilis for me.