laat6 mei6辣味
Jyutpinglaat6 mei6
Yalelaaht meih
Definition
Spicy flavor; hotness.
colloquialfood
How it's used
While 辣味 refers to the quality of being spicy, locals often just use the adjective 辣 to describe food. Adding 味 makes it sound slightly more like a noun describing the flavor profile itself rather than just the sensation. It is commonly used when discussing the intensity of a specific dish or comparing different types of spice.
Examples
The food at this restaurant is very spicy.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often use 辣味 as an adjective to describe a person or a situation, but it is strictly reserved for food and flavors. If you want to say someone is spicy or sassy, use 辣妹 instead.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
