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  2. Hong Kong units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong has three main systems of units of measurement in current use: The Chinese units of measurement of the Qing Empire (no longer in widespread use in mainland China); [citation needed] British Imperial units; and; The metric system. In 1976 the Hong Kong Government started the conversion to the metric system, and

  3. Chinese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Catty - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Chi (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In the People's Republic of China, since 1984, the chi has been defined as exactly 1/3 of a metre, i.e., 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 cm (13.1 in). However, in the Hong Kong SAR the corresponding unit, pronounced tsek (cek3) in Cantonese, is defined as exactly 0.371475 m (1 ft 2.6250 in) or 1 7/32 ft. [2] The two units are sometimes referred to in English as "Chinese foot" and "Hong Kong foot".

  6. Tael - Wikipedia

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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]

  7. Category:Chinese units in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Chinese units in Hong Kong" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Hong Kong units of measurement; M. Mace (unit) P.

  8. Picul - Wikipedia

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    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 60.478982 kilograms. [3] The measure was and remains used on occasion in Taiwan where it is defined as 60 kg. [10] The last, a measure of rice, was 20 picul, or 1,200 kg. [11]

  9. Category:Chinese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Chinese units in Hong Kong (8 P) Pages in category "Chinese units of measurement" This category contains only the following page.