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The catty or kati is a traditional Chinese unit of mass used across East and Southeast Asia, notably for weighing food and other groceries. 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.
Macanese definition of 3.779 931 g may not be correct when dividing catty. loeng2: 兩: tael (leung) tael 1 ⁄ 16: 1 ⁄ 16 cate 37.799 363 75 g: 1.3333 oz Macanese definition of 37.799 31 g may not be correct when dividing catty. gan1: 斤: catty (jin, kan) cate 1 1 ⁄ 100 pico 604.78982 g 1.3333 lb Hong Kong and Macau share the definition ...
One pikol (or one pecul) was equal to 61.761 3025 kg by its legal definition. [2] Some other units and their legal equivalents are given below: 1 thail = 1 ⁄ 1600 pikol 1 catti = 1 ⁄ 100 pikol 1 kabi = 1 ⁄ 100 pikol 1 kulack = 0.0725 pikol 1 amat = 2 pikol 1 small bahar = 3 pikol 1 large bahar = 4.5 pikol 1 timbang = 5 pikol
1 ounce (liang) = 37.3 grams or 1.315 ounces 1 catty (chin) = 0.5968 kg or 1.3129 pounds 1 bolt of silk = 0.5598 X 12.44 metres or 22 X 489.76 inches. Some time after a republican form of government had been established in China (1911), the Chinese weight units were adjusted to the French metric system.
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.
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For mass, the catty [1] equals 0.6 kg. [2] Another unit is picul which equals 60 kg. [3] Volume. The gantang is equivalent to an imperial ...
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