A Queensland father who left his three-year-old daughter to die in a Brisbane unit three days after punching her so hard he ruptured her bowel has been jailed.

Matthew Lee Williamson was sentenced to nine years' prison in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Wednesday for the manslaughter of his daughter Kyhesha-Lee Joughin in March 2013.

Toddler Kyhesha-Lee Joughin. Credit:Facebook

Williamson, 32, will have to serve 80 per cent of his sentence before being eligible for parole after Justice Roslyn Atkinson deemed Kyhesha's death a serious violent offence.

He pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the basis he failed to seek medical attention for the toddler, but denied causing her fatal injury.