WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY
CHINESE
WEIGHTS
=
1 liang
16 liang (tael) make 1 kin
(tael) (catty) =
100 kin
(catty) make 1 tan
120 kin 斤
(catty) make 1 shik
ELLE
=
1.333 oz. avoir., or 37.78 grammes 1.333 lbs. avoir., or 60453 gramme
(picul): 133-333 lbs. avoir., or 60:453 kilogramme g (stone): 160.000 lbs. avoir., or 72:544 kilogrammes
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Four ounces equal three taels; one pound equals three quarters of a catty or twelve taels; one hundredweight equals 84 catties; one ton equals 16 piculs 80 catties.
MEASURE OF CAPACITY
1 koh 合(gill)
10 koh
10 sheng
合 make I sheng 升 (pint)
make 1 ton 斗 (peck)
0-103 litre
= 1.031 litre
10.31 litre
1 fun
A
MEASURE OF LENGTH
14 inch English
10 fun
芬 make 1 tsun f (inch)
=
1-41 inch English
10 tsun f make I chih 尺 (foot) 10 chih
=
14-1 inches English
make 1 chang (pole)
= 11 ft. 9 inches English
5 chih
make 1 pú
The length of the Chang is fixed by the Treaty of Tientsin at 141 inches.
步(pace) = about 5 feet English
360 pú
make 1 li
10 li
250 li
make 1 tu
里 里 wake 1 tang-sun 汛塘 (league) 度 (degree)
about English Mile
==
about 31 English Miles
LAND MEASURE
1 chih R
5 chih 尺make i pi 步 24 pú 步make I fun 芬 60 pú步make 1 kioh 角
יו
1
4 kish make 1 mow
100 mow make 1 king L
13.126 inches
30-323 square feet 80.862 square yards 202·156 square yards 26-73 square poles
= 16.7 acres
The Mow, which is the unit of measurement, is almost exactly one-sixth of an acre. Weights and measures in China vary in every province and almost every district, and differ in the same districts for different kinds of goods. The words picul, catty, tael, mace, and candareen are not Chinese.
MONEY
1 li 釐 (cash)
10 li 釐 make l fèn
10 fén
(candareen)
芬 make 1 ch'ien 錢(mace)
10 chien 錢 make 1 liang 兩(tael)
The Tael may be taken as worth one and a third silver dollar.
032 of a penny -32 of a penny
3.2 pence
2s. 8d.