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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 ...
In imperial China and later, the unit was used for a measure equivalent to 100 catties. [8] In 1831, the Dutch East Indies authorities acknowledged local variances in the definition of the pikul. [9] In Hong Kong, one picul was defined in Ordinance No. 22 of 1844 as 133 + 1 ⁄ 3 avoirdupois pounds. [5] The modern definition is exactly 60. ...
1 mL 0.0338 fl oz 0.0352 fl oz millilitre: sháo: 勺: 1 ⁄ 100: 10 mL 0.3381 fl oz 0.3520 fl oz centilitre: gě: 合: 1 ⁄ 10: 100 mL 3.381 fl oz 3.520 fl oz decilitre: shēng: 市升: 1 1 L: 2.113 pt 1.760 pt litre: dǒu: 市斗: 10 10 L 21.13 pt 2.64 gal 17.60 pt 2.20 gal decalitre: dàn: 市石: 100 100 L 26.41 gal 22.0 gal hectolitre
The Taiwan tael is 37.5 g and is still used in some contexts. The Taiwan tael is derived from the tael or ryō (両) of the Japanese system (equal to 10 momme) which was 37.5 g. Although the catty (equal to 16 taels) is still frequently used in Taiwan, the tael is only used for precious metals and herbal medicines. [citation needed]
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