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  2. Catty - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Jin (mass) - Wikipedia

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    A spring scale in Hong Kong shows conversions between metric system (in red), traditional Chinese unit (in green) and British Imperial Units (in blue). Jin (Chinese: 斤; pinyin: jīn), or gan in Cantonese, kin in Taiwanese and Japanese, also called "Chinese pound" or "catty", [a] is a traditional Chinese unit for weight measurement in East Asia.

  4. Chinese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Macanese definition of 3.779 931 g may not be correct when dividing catty. loeng2: 兩: liang, leung, tael: 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: jin, kan, catty: cate 1 1 ⁄ 100 pico 604.78982 g 1.3333 lb Hong Kong and Macau share the ...

  5. Template:Convert - Wikipedia

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    Converts measurements to other units. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Value 1 The value to convert. Number required From unit 2 The unit for the provided value. Suggested values km2 m2 cm2 mm2 ha sqmi acre sqyd sqft sqin km m cm mm mi yd ft in kg g mg lb oz m/s km/h mph K C F m3 cm3 mm3 L mL cuft ...

  6. Template:Convert/list of units/mass - Wikipedia

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    1.0 short cwt (100 lb; 45 kg) long quarter: long qtr long qtr 1.0 long qtr (28 lb; 13 kg) short quarter: short qtr short qtr 1.0 short qtr (25 lb; 11 kg) stone: st st 14 lb used mostly in the British Commonwealth except Canada 1.0 st (14 lb; 6.4 kg) st kg. st kg lb; st lb. st lb kg; pound: lb lb 1.0 lb (0.45 kg) lb kg. lb kg st; lb st. lb st kg ...

  7. Tael - Wikipedia

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    A common commercial weight, the Caoping (漕平; cáopíng; 'canal shipping standard') tael weighed 36.7 grams (1.18 ozt) of marginally less pure silver. As in China, other parts of East Asia such as Japan and Korea have also used the tael ( Japanese : 両 ; rōmaji : ryō ; Korean : 량/냥 (兩) ; romaja : nyang/ryang ) as both a unit of ...

  8. Malay units of measurement - Wikipedia

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  9. Taiwanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Packaged goods in Taiwan largely use metric measurements but bulk foodstuffs sold in wet markets and supermarkets are typically measured with units derived from traditional Japanese units of mass, which are similar but not equivalent to corresponding Chinese units of mass. Imported goods from the US also retains its weight in ounces, although ...