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  laap6 lap6   jyutping
  li4   pinyin
[1] [v] stand; be on one's feet
[2] [v] erect; establish; set up
[3] [adj] upright; vertical; standing
[4] [v] appoint; designate; enthrone
[5] [v] exist; live; be present
[6] [adv] immediately; instantaneously

Jyutping lap6 is literary reading; laap6 is colloquial. They are, however, interchangeable in most cases.
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: adjectiveadverb
Stroke count: 5
Level: 1
Radical: (#117)

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

This word has been viewed 18151 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Jun 2013 06:15

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detail  laap6 haa6  li4 xia4 = Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 5th-20th May
detail  laap6 dung1  li4 dong1 = Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 7th-21st November
detail  laap6 hak1  li4 ke4 = immediately
detail  laap6 zik1  li4 ji2 = immediately
detail  zung1 laap6  zhong1 li4 = neutrality
detail  lap6 lap6*2 lyun6   = chaotic; messy
detail  laap6 zeng3  li4 zheng4 = stand straight; attention!
detail  hei2 laap6  qi3 li4 = stand up
detail !  gok3 wai6*2 cing2 hei2 laap6  ge4 wei4 qing3 qi3 li4 = Everybody please stand up!
detail  zi6 laap6  zi4 li4 = independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining
See all 146 compounds (CantoDict reports 156 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 立
detail 辦公室細路搞到立立亂
The office was turned upside-down by the kids.
[[parsing] (classifier) office by (plural classifier) kids make (extent particle) chaotic http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128766 ]
detail 國立歷史博物館
National Museum of History
[(Name used by Taiwan)]
detail 他用哈姆立克急救法
He saved my life using the Heimlich Maneuver.
detail 一部分更加獨立冷氣
In addition, some [apartments] have their own air conditioner.
[Lit. have one portion additionally are equipped-with independent air-con]

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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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