立方 lìfāng cube (maths)
cube (maths); short for 立方体; short for 立方米
How to remember 立方: 立 to stand + 方 direction = cube (maths).
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How it is used
- Math 'cube' - 三的立方是二十七 (sān de lìfāng shì èrshíqī) three cubed is 27; also short for cubic units.
- Colloquially = 立方米 (cubic meter): 一立方水 one cubic meter of water.
- Contrast 平方 (píngfāng, square/²).
Example sentences
- 三的立方是二十七。 Sān de lìfāng shì èrshíqī.Three cubed is twenty-seven.