chilli
noun (British English)(North American English chili)
(plural chillies, North American English chilies)
- (also chilli pepper)[countable, uncountable]
the small green or red fruit of a type of pepper plant that is used in cooking to give a hot taste to food, often dried or made into powder, also called chilli or chilli powder 辣椒（辣椒粉亦称 chilli 或 chilli powder） 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- dried
- hot
- …
- pepper
- oil
- powder
- …
- [uncountable]
a hot spicy Mexican dish made with beans, chillies and often meat 辣味肉豆（墨西哥菜肴）
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Spanish chile, from Nahuatl chilli.