立 (laap6 lap6 | li4 wei4) : stand

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立

laap6 lap6

li4 wei4

[1] [v] stand [2] [v] establish; found; build; erect; create; start [3] [v] stand on one's own feet; live [4] immediately; at once [5] a Chinese family name [6] Kangxi radical 117

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 立 (#117)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

立

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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立刻 laap6 hak1 li4 ke4 = immediately

立即 laap6 zik1 li4 ji2 = immediately

中立 zung1 laap6 zhong1 li4 = neutrality

起立 hei2 laap6 qi3 li4 = stand up

各位請起立! gok3 wai6*2 cing2 hei2 laap6 ge4 wei4 qing3 qi3 li4 = Everybody please stand up!

半獨立屋 bun3 duk6 laap6 uk1 ban4 du2 li4 wu1 = semi-detached house

成立 sing4 laap6 cheng2 li4 = to establish; to set up

立法 lap6 faat3 li4 fa3 = to legislate; to make laws

立法會 lap6 faat3 wui6*2 li4 fa3 hui4 = legislature; legislative council

立法機關 lap6 faat3 gei1 gwaan1 li4 fa3 ji1 guan1 = legislature
See all 127 compounds (CantoDict reports 137 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國立歷史博物館
National Museum of History
[(Name used by Taiwan)]

他用哈姆立克急救法救了我一命。國
He saved my life using the Heimlich Maneuver.

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Decimal representation of this word: 立
Unicode code for this character: U+7ACB (off-site link)

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