WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY
CHINESE
WEIGHTS
1 liang
16 liang 100 kin
(tael) make 1 kin
(tael) (catty)
(catty) make 1 tan
120 kin
(catty) make 1 shik
=
=
1-333 oz. avoir., or 37-78 grammes 1.333 lbs. avoir., or 604-53 grammes
(picul) 133-333 lbs. avoir., or 60 453 kilogrammes
(stone) = 160·000 lbs. avoir., or 72-541 kilogrammes
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
10 koh
1 koh 合(gill) = 0.103 litre 合 make 1 sheng 升 (pint) 10 sheng make 1 ton
(peck)
= 1.031 litre
= 10:31 litres
MEASURE OF LENGTH
1 fun
14 inch English
10 fun
芬 make I tsun f(inch)
=
1.41 inch English
10 tsun f make 1 chih 尺 (foot)
=
14.1 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 141 inches.
about English Mile
(league) = about 3 English Miles 度 (degree)
5 chih
make 1 pú
步(pace) = about 5 feet English
360 pú
步make
make 1 li
10 li
里 make 1 tang-sun 汛
250 li
里 make 1 tu
LAND MEASURE
13.126 inches
1 chih R
5 chih R make 1 pú
24 pú 步make 1 fun 芬
60 pú 步 make 1 kioh 角 4 kioh 角 make 1mow畝
100 mow make 1 king t
=
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.
10 li
10 fên
MONEY
1 li 釐 (cash)
make 1 fên
(candareen)
芬 make 1 ch'ien錢 (mace)
032 of a penny
32 of a penny--
3.2 pence
10 chien 錢 make liang 兩(tael)
1
The Tael may be taken as worth one and a third silver dollar.
=
2s. 8d.