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  2. 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.

  3. Chinese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    0.1764 oz mace or Chinese dram: liǎng: 市兩: 1 ⁄ 10: 50 g 1.764 oz tael or Chinese ounce: jīn: 市斤: 1 500 g 1.102 lb catty or Chinese pound formerly 16 liang = 1 jin dàn: 市擔: 100 50 kg 110.2 lb picul or Chinese hundredweight

  4. Chinese television drama - Wikipedia

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    Chinese television dramas (Chinese: 中国电视连续剧; pinyin: Zhōngguó diànshì liánxùjù), sometimes colloquially known as C-dramas, are Chinese-language television drama series originating from mainland China, sometimes including co-productions with the Greater China region.

  5. Nuo theatre - Wikipedia

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    This is a very uncommon character in modern Chinese. The meaning of the character "Nuo" is a patterned step to drive away the devil during the last month of the Chinese lunar new year. [3] The Chinese character for "theatre" or "drama" is "戏" in simplified Chinese or "戲" in traditional Chinese.

  6. Xiao Wu - Wikipedia

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    Xiao Wu (Chinese: 小武), also known as Pickpocket, is a 1997 Chinese drama and the first directed by Jia Zhangke. Starring Wang Hongwei in the title role along with Hao Hongjian and Zuo Baitao , it was filmed in Fenyang , Jia's hometown, in 16 mm .

  7. List of Chinese classifiers - Wikipedia

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    volumes of books (冊 is more common in Traditional Chinese, 册 in Simplified) 層: 层: céng cang4: chang4 tsàn "layer" — cakes, optical discs, etc.; stories of buildings 場: 场: chǎng coeng4: cheung4 tiûnn "stage" — public spectacles, games 比賽 / 比赛, drama 戲 / 戏, film 電影 / 电影, etc. 處: 处: chù cyu3: chyu3 tshú

  8. 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.

  9. The Spirits of Love - Wikipedia

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    The Spirits of Love (Chinese: 愛; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ài; lit. 'love'), also known as Love, is a Taiwanese Hokkien television drama that aired on Formosa Television in Taiwan from 21 November 2006 to 31 May 2010. It stars Chen Meifeng, Wang Shih-hsien, Fon Cin & Chiang Tsu-ping.