WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY
CHINESE
WEIGHTS
1 liang
(tael)
16 liang (tael) make 1 kin
(catty)
100 kin
(catty) make 1 tan
(picul)
120 kin
(catty) make 1 shik (stone)
=
1:333 oz. avoir., or 37-78 grammes 1.333 lbs. avoir., or 604-53 grammes 133:333 lbs. avoir., or 60-453 kilogramme;
160-000 lbs. avoir., or 72:544 kilogramme
Four ounces equal three taels; one pound equals three quarters of a catty or twelve taels; one hundredweight equals 81 catties; one ton equals 16 piculs 80 catties.
MEASURE OF CAPACITY
1 koh 合(gill)
= 0.103 litre
10 koh
make 1 sheng
(pint)
= 1.031 litre
10 sheng
make 1 ton
(peck)
= 10-31 litres
MEASURE OF LENGTH
1. fun
A
14 inch English
10 fun
芬 make 1 tsun
f (inch) =
1.41 inch English
10 tsun
make 1 chih
尺
(foot)
141 inches English
10 chih
make 1 chang (pole) 11 ft. 9 inches English
The length of the Chang is fixed by the Treaty of Tientsin at 1-11 inches.
=
5 chih
make 1 pú
步(pace)
about 5 feet English
360 pú
make 1 li
里
about English Mile
10 li
里 wake 1 tang-sun 汛塘 (league)
=
about 3 English Miles
230 li
make 1 tu
度 (degree)
LAND MEASURE
1 chih R
5 chih
make 1 pú
24 pú 步make 1. fun 芬
13.126 inches
30-323 square feet
80-862 square yards
60 pú步make 1 kioh 角
4 kioh
100 mow
make 1 mow
make 1 king
202.136 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
10 li
10 fén
10 ch'ien
1 li
make 1 fên
make 1 ch'ien
(casli) (candareen) (mace)
=
032 of a penny 32 of a penny
make 1 liang
(tael)
3.2 pence 2s. 8d.
The Tael may be taken as worth one and a third silver dollar.