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Table of Chinese length units promulgated in 1915 [1] Pinyin Character Relative value Metric value Imperial value Notes háo: 毫: 1 ⁄ 10 000: 32 μm 0.001 26 in: lí: 釐 (T) or 厘 (S) 1 ⁄ 1000: 0.32 mm 0.0126 in fēn: 分: 1 ⁄ 100: 3.2 mm 0.126 in cùn: 寸: 1 ⁄ 10: 32 mm 1.26 in Chinese inch chǐ: 尺: 1 0.32 m 12.6 in Chinese foot ...
In some countries, the weight has been rounded to 600 grams (Taiwan, [5] Japan, Korea [6] and Thailand). In mainland China , the catty (more commonly translated as jin within China) has been rounded to 500 grams and is referred to as the market catty ( 市斤 shìjīn ) in order to distinguish it from the kilogram, called the common catty ...
The Chinese tael was standardized to 50 grams in 1959. In Hong Kong and Singapore, it is equivalent to 10 mace (Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián) or 1 ⁄ 16 catty, [2] [3] albeit with slightly different metric equivalents in these two places. These Chinese units of measurement are usually used in Chinese herbal medicine stores as well as gold and ...
A mace (Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián; Hong Kong English usage: tsin; [2] Southeast Asian English usage: chee [3]) is a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in East Asia that was also used as a currency denomination. It is equal to 10 candareens and is 1 ⁄ 10 of a tael or approximately 3.78 grams.
Cash or li (simplified Chinese: 厘; traditional Chinese: 釐 or 厘; pinyin: lí) is a traditional Chinese unit of weight.. The terms "cash" or "le" were documented to have been used by British explorers in the 1830s when trading in Qing territories of China.
Taiwanese units of measurement (simplified Chinese: 台制; traditional Chinese: 臺制; pinyin: Táizhì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-chè; Hakka: Thòi-chṳ) are the customary and traditional units of measure used in Taiwan. The Taiwanese units formed in the 1900s when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The system mainly refers to Japanese system. The ...
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A picul / ˈ p ɪ k əl /, [1] dan [2] or tam, [3] is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole". [1] Historically, it was defined as equivalent to 100 or 120 catties, depending on time and region. The picul is most commonly used in southern China and Maritime Southeast Asia.