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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.
The Chinese word for metre is 米 mǐ; this can take the Chinese standard SI prefixes (for "kilo-", "centi-", etc.). A kilometre, however, may also be called 公里 gōnglǐ, i.e. a metric lǐ. In the engineering field, traditional units are rounded up to metric units. For example, the Chinese word 絲 (T) or 丝 (S) sī is used to express 0.01 mm.
Early English forms of the name such as "tay" or "taes" derive from the Portuguese plural of tael, taeis. Tahil ( / ˈ t ɑː h ɪ l / in Singaporean English ) [ 4 ] is used in Malay and English today when referring to the weight in Malaysia , Singapore , and Brunei , where it is still used in some contexts especially related to the significant ...
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]
The weights are in denominations of 7 pounds (corresponding to a unit known as the clip or wool-clip), 14 pounds (stone), 56 pounds (4 stone) and 91 pounds (1 ⁄ 4 sack or woolsack). [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The 91-pound weight is thought to have been commissioned by Edward III in conjunction with the statute of 1350, while the other weights are thought ...
Historically, the Chinese refer to the return of the Sun in the winter solstice as "歲" (seoi3). Year (Chinese) 年: nin4 12 or 13 Chinese months In Chinese years with 13 months, the 13th month is known as the intercalary month. Month (Gregorian) 月: jyut6 28, 29, 30 or 31 days The Gregorian month lost the meaning of the lunar cycle. Month ...
From the name of the plant: some say the word came via the Japanese pronunciation, though 人参 now means 'carrot' in Japanese, while the modern word for 'ginseng' is 朝鮮人參, 'Korean carrot'. Go: Sino-Japanese 圍棋: igo: Japanese name for the Chinese board game, cf. Mandarin wéiqí. Guanxi: Mandarin 關係: guānxi
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.