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立方米 (lì fāng mǐ) — cubic meter (unit of volume)

Definition

Unit of volume ('cubic meter'). Unlike 平方米 ('square meter', for area), 立方米 always refers to three-dimensional space. Compare 立方, which can also mean the math power or a solid cube.

classifier
cubic meter (unit of volume)

Examples

  • 立方米。
    Zhè ge fáng jiān de róng jī shì wǔ shí lì fāng mǐ.
    The volume of this room is fifty cubic meters.
  • 立方米。
    Shī gōng xū yào èr shí lì fāng mǐ hùn níng tǔ.
    The construction needs twenty cubic meters of concrete.
  • 立方米。
    Bīng xiāng de róng liàng dà yuē shì líng diǎn wǔ lì fāng mǐ.
    The refrigerator's capacity is about 0.5 cubic meters.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

立方cubic
立lìstanding方fāngsquare
偏正Modifier + head
米mǐmeter

立方 means 'cubic' and 米 means 'meter', together naming a cubic meter of volume.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

立 pictures a person standing on the ground.

Open 立 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 方 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

米 is a picture of rice kernels without husk, with the horizontal stroke as a bamboo sieve. It is unrelated to similar-looking grain characters.

Open 米 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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