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立方

lì fāng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

立方 (lì fāng) means "cube (math.); abbr. for 立方体; abbr. for 米". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 立方 means

1. cube (math.)
2. abbr. for {立方体|lì fāng tǐ}
3. abbr. for {立方米|lì fāng mǐ}

The characters in 立方

• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright

Example sentences

• 三的立方是二十七。
  Sān de lìfāng shì èr shí qī.
  Three cubed makes twenty-seven.

Words starting with 立方

• 立方米lì fāng mǐcubic meter (m³)
• 立方体lì fāng tǐcube; cubic
• 立方根lì fāng gēncube root (math.)
• 立方公尺lì fāng gōng chǐ(Taiwan) cubic meter (m³)
• 立方厘米lì fāng lí mǐcubic centimeter

Words containing 立方

• 联立方程式lián lì fāng chéng shì(math) simultaneous equations; system of equations
• 水立方Shuǐ lì fāngWater Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of…
• 面心立方最密堆积miàn xīn lì fāng zuì mì duī jīface-centered cubic (FCC) (math.)

Where 立方 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Measurement, Quantity & Units (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì fāng correctly.
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