立方

Chinese

		set up; to stand	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (立方)		立	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): laap⁶ fong¹ / lap⁶ fong¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lip⁵ fong¹ / lip⁵ fong^1*

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìfang
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-fang¹
    • Yale: lì-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihfang
    • Palladius: лифан (lifan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laap⁶ fong¹ / lap⁶ fong¹
    • Yale: laahp fōng / lahp fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ fong¹ / lap⁹ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ fong¹ / leb⁶ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːp̚² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /lɐp̚² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lip⁵ fong¹ / lip⁵ fong^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lip̚³² fɔŋ³³/, /lip̚³² fɔŋ³³⁻³³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-hong
    • Tâi-lô: li̍p-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: libhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lip pjang

Rime
Character	立	方
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力入切	府良切
Baxter	lip	pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪp̚/	/pʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lip̚/	/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljep̚/	/piuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lip̚/	/puaŋ/
Li Rong	/liəp̚/	/piuaŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭĕp̚/	/pĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯əp̚/	/piwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	fāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lap6	fong1

Noun

立方

1. (geometry, arithmetic) cube

Derived terms

• 水立方 (Shuǐlìfāng)
• 立方米 (lìfāngmǐ)
• 立方體／立方体 (lìfāngtǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (立方):

• → Japanese: 立方(りっぽう) (rippō)
• → Korean: 입방(立方) (ipbang)
• → Vietnamese: lập phương (立方)

See also

• 平方 (píngfāng)
• 乘方 (chéngfāng)
• 開方／开方 (kāifāng)

Classifier

立方

1. Short for 立方米 (lìfāngmǐ, “cubic meter”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
立	方
りつ > りっ Grade: 1	ほう > ぽう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

立(りっ)方(ぽう) • (rippō) 

1. (arithmetic) The third power of a number etc.; cube.

Coordinate terms

• 平(へい)方(ほう) (heihō): second power; square
• 乗(じょう) (jō): -power, as in nth power

Related terms

• 立(りっ)方(ぽう)体(たい) (rippōtai): cube (geometric object)

Korean

Hanja in this term
立	方

Noun

立方 • (ipbang) (hangeul 입방)

1. hanja form^? of 입방 (“cube”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
立	方

Noun

立方

1. chữ Hán form of lập phương (“(rare, arithmetic, algebra) cube”).