辛辣

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 辛 辣
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 曷 (63)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 息鄰切 盧達切
Baxter sin lat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siɪn/ /lɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sin/ /lɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjen/ /lɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sin/ /lat̚/
Li
Rong 		/siĕn/ /lɑt̚/
Wang
Li 		/sĭĕn/ /lɑt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/si̯ĕn/ /lɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xīn là
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		san1 laat6

Adjective

辛辣

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 辣 (“spicy”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 辛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 辣, 辛辣
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 辣
Taiwan 辣
Chifeng 辣
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 辣
Harbin 辣
Shenyang 辣
Malaysia 辣
Singapore 辣
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 辣
Tangshan 辣
Cangzhou 辣
Baoding 辣
Shijiazhuang 辣
Jinan 辣
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 辣
Qingdao 辣
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 麻
Zhengzhou 辣
Xi'an 辣
Xining 辣
Xuzhou 辣
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 辣
Lanzhou 辣
Ürümqi 辣
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 辣
Chongqing 辣
Wuhan 辣
Guiyang 辣
Kunming 辣
Guilin 辣
Liuzhou 辣
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 辣
Yangzhou 辣
Nantong 辣
Hefei 辣
Cantonese Guangzhou 辣
Hong Kong 辣
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 辣
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 辣
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 辣
Taishan 辣
Dongguan 辣
Yangjiang 辣
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 辣
Singapore (Guangfu) 辣
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 辣
Gan Nanchang 辣
Lichuan 辣
Pingxiang 辣
Hakka Meixian 辣
Dongguan (Qingxi) 辣
Heyuan (Bendihua) 辣
Wengyuan 辣
Liannan 辣
Jiexi 辣
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 辣
Changting 辣
Wuping (Yanqian) 辣
Ninghua 辣
Yudu 辣
Ningdu 辣
Tonggu (Sandu) 辣
Ganzhou (Panlong) 辣
Dayu 辣
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 辣
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 辣
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 辣
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 辣
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 辣
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 薟
Hong Kong 辣
Mengshan (Xihe) 辣
Luchuan 辣
Senai (Huiyang) 辣
Huizhou Jixi 辣
Shexian 辣
Jin Taiyuan 辣
Xinzhou 辣
Linhe 辣
Jining 辣
Hohhot 辣
Zhangjiakou 辣
Handan 辣
Eastern Min Fuzhou 辣
Southern Min Xiamen 辣
Quanzhou 辣
Zhangzhou 辣
Zhao'an 薟
Dongshan 薟
Taipei 薟
Taipei (Wanhua) 薟
New Taipei (Tamsui) 薟
New Taipei (Sanxia) 薟
New Taipei (Pingxi) 薟
Kaohsiung 薟
Yilan 薟
Changhua (Lukang) 薟
Taichung 薟
Taichung (Wuqi) 薟
Tainan 辣, 薟
Taitung 薟
Hsinchu 薟
Kinmen 辣
Penghu (Magong) 辣
Penang (Hokkien) 薟, 辣
Singapore (Hokkien) 薟, 辣
Manila (Hokkien) 風, 辣
Chaozhou 薟
Shantou 薟
Shantou (Chenghai) 薟
Shantou (Chaoyang) 薟
Jieyang 薟
Haifeng 薟
Bangkok (Teochew) 薟
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 薟
Singapore (Teochew) 薟
Pontianak (Teochew) 薟
Wenchang 辣
Haikou 辣
Qionghai 辣
Singapore (Hainanese) 辣
Puxian Min Putian 辣
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 辣
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 辣
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 辣
Xianyou 辣
Xianyou (Fengting) 辣
Xianyou (Youyang) 辣
Central Min Yong'an 辣
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 辣
Shehua Fu'an 辣
Fuding 辣
Luoyuan 辣
Sanming 辣
Shunchang 辣
Hua'an 辣
Guixi (Zhangping) 辣
Cangnan 辣
Jingning (Hexi) 辣
Lishui 辣
Longyou 辣
Chaozhou 辣
Fengshun 辣
Wu Shanghai 辣
Shanghai (Chongming) 辣
Suzhou 辣
Danyang 辣
Hangzhou 辣
Ningbo 辣
Wenzhou 辣
Jinhua 辣
Jinhua (Tangxi) 辣農
Xiang Changsha 辣
Loudi 辣

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (辛辣):
  • → Japanese: 辛辣(しんらつ) (shinratsu)
  • → Korean: 신랄(辛辣) (sillal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
辛 辣
しん
Grade: S 		らつ
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
辛らつ

Pronunciation

Adjective

辛(しん)辣(らつ) • (shinratsu) ←しんらつ (sinratu)?-na (adnominal 辛(しん)辣(らつ)な (shinratsu na), adverbial 辛(しん)辣(らつ)に (shinratsu ni))

  1. (of wording, criticism, etc.) biting; incisive
    辛辣(しんらつ)な発言(はつげん)
    shinratsu na hatsugen
    pointed remarks

Inflection

Inflection of 辛辣
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 辛辣だろ しんらつだろ shinratsu daro
Continuative (連用形) 辛辣で しんらつで shinratsu de
Terminal (終止形) 辛辣だ しんらつだ shinratsu da
Attributive (連体形) 辛辣な しんらつな shinratsu na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 辛辣なら しんらつなら shinratsu nara
Imperative (命令形) 辛辣であれ しんらつであれ shinratsu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 辛辣ではない
辛辣じゃない 		しんらつではない
しんらつじゃない 		shinratsu de wa nai
shinratsu ja nai
Informal past 辛辣だった しんらつだった shinratsu datta
Informal negative past 辛辣ではなかった
辛辣じゃなかった 		しんらつではなかった
しんらつじゃなかった 		shinratsu de wa nakatta
shinratsu ja nakatta
Formal 辛辣です しんらつです shinratsu desu
Formal negative 辛辣ではありません
辛辣じゃありません 		しんらつではありません
しんらつじゃありません 		shinratsu de wa arimasen
shinratsu ja arimasen
Formal past 辛辣でした しんらつでした shinratsu deshita
Formal negative past 辛辣ではありませんでした
辛辣じゃありませんでした 		しんらつではありませんでした
しんらつじゃありませんでした 		shinratsu de wa arimasen deshita
shinratsu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 辛辣で しんらつで shinratsu de
Conditional 辛辣なら（ば） しんらつなら（ば） shinratsu nara (ba)
Provisional 辛辣だったら しんらつだったら shinratsu dattara
Volitional 辛辣だろう しんらつだろう shinratsu darō
Adverbial 辛辣に しんらつに shinratsu ni
Degree 辛辣さ しんらつさ shinratsusa

Noun

辛(しん)辣(らつ) • (shinratsu) ←しんらつ (sinratu)?

  1. (of wording, criticism, etc.) bite; incisiveness

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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