HSK 6 · Science

立方 lìfāng “cube” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 立方 means

  1. cube
  2. cubic (metre etc.)
  3. cube (maths.)

How to say 立方

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale立lì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale方fāng1st tone, high and level

立方 in a sentence

  1. 三的立方是二十七。

    Sān de lìfāng shì èrshíqī.

    Three cubed is twenty-seven.

    Sentence #897470 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 立方 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 立 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
立lìto stand
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī
The character 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
方fāngsquare

方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 立方

立 5 strokes · 方 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

立方 (lìfāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 立方 (lìfāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 立方

Words with 立

立即lìjí · immediately立刻lìkè · immediately成立chénglì · to establish建立jiànlì · to establish独立dúlì · independent立足lìzú · to gain a foothold确立quèlì · to establish设立shèlì · to set up树立shùlì · to establish孤立gūlì · isolated

Words with 方

北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient南方nánfāng · the south西方xīfāng · the West东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction

More words: Science & Technology

基因jīyīn · gene勘探kāntàn · to explore雷达léidá · radar冷却lěngquè · to cool down密度mìdù · density能量néngliàng · energy凝固nínggù · to solidify平面píngmiàn · plane

FAQs

立方 (lìfāng) means “cube” or “cubic (metre etc.)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lìfāng: lì with a 4th tone, then fāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 立方 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lifang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 立方 from the suggestions. Typing lifang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
立方 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.