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The tael is a legal weight measure in Hong Kong, and is still in active use. [2] In Hong Kong, one tael is 37.799364167 g, [2] and in ordinance 22 of 1884 is 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 oz. avoir. Similar to Hong Kong, in Singapore, one tael is defined as 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 ounce and is approximated as 37.7994 g [3]
A mace (Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián; Hong Kong English usage: tsin; [2] Southeast Asian English usage: chee [3]) is a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in East Asia that was also used as a currency denomination. It is equal to 10 candareens and is 1 ⁄ 10 of a tael or approximately 3.78 grams. A troy mace is approximately 3.7429 grams.
The customs gold unit was adopted on 1 February 1930 to replace the Haikwan (Hǎiguān) or Customs tael (海關両 hǎiguān liǎng) as the standard for customs payments.. It was defined as equal to 601.866 mg fine gold or US$0.
1 ⁄ 10 tael 3.779 936 375 g: 2.1333 dr loeng2: 兩: liang (leung, tael) tael 1 ⁄ 16: 1 ⁄ 16 cate 37.799 363 75 g: 1.3333 oz 604.78982/16=37.79936375 gan1: 斤: jin (gan, catty) cate 1 1 ⁄ 100 pico 604.78982 g 1.3333 lb Hong Kong and Macau share the definition. daam3: 擔: dan, (tam, dan) pico 100 None 60.478982 kg 133.3333 lb Hong Kong ...
The Hong Kong SAR continues to use its traditional units, now legally defined based on a local equation with metric units. For instance, the Hong Kong catty is precisely 604.789 82 g. Note: The names lí (釐 or 厘) and fēn (分) for small units are the same for length, area, and mass; however, they refer to different kinds of measurements.
Related units include the picul, equal to 100 catties, and the tael, which is 1 ⁄ 16 of a catty. A stone is a former unit used in Hong Kong equal to 120 catties and a gwan ( 鈞 ) is 30 catties. Catty or kati is still used in Southeast Asia as a unit of measurement in some contexts especially by the significant Overseas Chinese populations ...
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia was granted a major legal win on Wednesday when a judge granted him an injunction allowing him to play the 2025 season.. Pavia filed a lawsuit against the NCAA ...
A Guāng Xù Yuán Bǎo (光緒元寶) coin of 10 cash A banknote of 1 chuàn (串, a string of cash coins) or 1000 cash. The wen was one of the chief units of currency in China and was used to denominate both coins and paper money. Other denominations were used, including various weights, based on the tael system, for sycee silver and gold ...