Catty
The catty, kati or 斤, pronounced as jin in Mandarin and gan in Cantonese, is a traditional Chinese unit of mass used across East and Southeast Asia, notably for weighing food and other groceries in so
Hong Kong units of measurement
Hong Kong has three main systems of units of measurement in current use:
* The Chinese units of measurement of the Qing Empire (no longer in widespread use in mainland China);
* British Imperial uni
Chinese units of measurement
Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the shìzhì ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although Chinese numerals have been decimal (base-10) since
Cash (unit)
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
Picul
A picul /ˈpɪkəl/or tam is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole".
Mace (unit)
A mace (Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián; Hong Kong English usage: tsin; Southeast Asian English usage: chee) is a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in East Asia that was also used as a currency denom
Candareen
A candareen (/kændəˈriːn/; Chinese: 分; pinyin: fēn; Cantonese Yale: fàn; Singapore English usage: hoon) is a traditional measurement of weight in East Asia. It is equal to 10 cash and is 1⁄10 of a mac
Tael
Tael (/ˈteɪl/), also known as the tahil and by , can refer to any one of several weight measures used in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It usually refers to the Chinese tael, a part of the Chinese syst