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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY

CHINESE

1 liang

(tael)

WEIGHTS

1:333 oz. avoir., or 37.78 grammes

16 liang

(tael) make 1 kin

F(catty)=

1.333 lbs. avoir., or 604-53 grammes

100 kin

F(catty)

(catty) make 1 tan

擔(pieul)

133-333 lbs. avoir., or 60·453 kilogrammes

120 kin

(catty) make 1 shik

(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

1 koh 合(gill)

=

0.103 litre

10 koh

make 1 sheng (pint)

1.031 litre

10 sheng make 1 tou

斗 (peck):

=

10.31 litres

MEASURE OF LENGTH

1 fun

分

14 inch English

10 fun

芬 make 1 tsun f(inch)

1-41 inch English

10 tsun

make 1 chih

(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 141 inches.

about 5 feet English

about English Mile

5 chih

make 1 pú

360 pú

make 1 li

步(pace) 里

10 li

250 li

里 make 1 tang-sun汛塘 (league) 里 make I tu

度 (degree)

= about 3 English Miles

LAND MEASURE

1 chih尺

5 chih 尺make 1 pú

步 24 pú步make 1 fun 分

60 pú步make 1 kioh 角

4 kioh make 1 mow

100 mow畝 make 1 king頃

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.