麻辣烫

hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls)

variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp

surname Ma

generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb

hot and numbing

old variant of 辣[la4]

hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn

to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot