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Table of Chinese mass units in Hong Kong [7] and Macau [8] Jyutping Character English Portuguese Relative value Relation to the Traditional Chinese Units (Macau) Metric value Imperial value Notes lei4: 厘: li, cash: liz 1 ⁄ 16 000: 1 ⁄ 10 condorim 37.799 31 mg: 0.021 33 dr: Not defined in Hong Kong. Macanese definition may not be correct ...
Weight Metric conversion (approximated to today’s grams) ... catty or Chinese pound: dàn: 擔: 100 50 kg ... = 0.6046 kilograms = 604.6 grams. The following table ...
The catty is traditionally equivalent to around 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 pound avoirdupois, formalised as 604.78982 grams in Hong Kong, [1] 604.5 grams historically in Vietnam, [2] 604.79 grams in Malaysia [3] and 604.8 grams in Singapore. [4] In some countries, the weight has been rounded to 600 grams (Taiwan, [5] Japan, Korea [6] and Thailand).
Table of equivalences Unit Imperial gallon Millilitres kepul: 1 ⁄ 16 284.130625 leng: 1 ⁄ 8 568.26125 cupak: 1 ⁄ 4 1136.5225 gantang: 1 4546.09 sukat: 4 18184.36 nalih: 16 72737.44 kunca: 160 727374.4 Note: The millilitre equivalences are exact.
A picul / ˈ p ɪ k əl /, [1] dan [2] or tam, [3] is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole". [1] Historically, it was defined as equivalent to 100 or 120 catties, depending on time and region. The picul is most commonly used in southern China and Maritime Southeast Asia.
Woman who started to lose feeling in her legs from diabetes turned to lifestyle changes and weight loss surgery to lose 180 pounds and reverse diabetes.
See Weight for detail of mass/weight distinction and conversion. Avoirdupois is a system of mass based on a pound of 16 ounces, while Troy weight is the system of mass where 12 troy ounces equals one troy pound. The symbol g 0 is used to denote standard gravity in order to avoid confusion with the (upright) g symbol for gram.
Like other similar measures such as tael and catty, the English word "mace" derives from Malay, in this case through Dutch maes, plural masen, from Malay mas which, in turn, derived from Sanskrit māṣa (माष), a word related to "mash," another name for the urad bean, and masha, a traditional Indian unit of weight equal to 0.97 gram. [5]