7 articles
Chinese units of measurement
Chinese units of measurement, the shizhi (市制) or market system, are traditional units including the jin, liang, chi, and mu, redefined against metric standards in the twentieth century.
Dou (volume)
The dou (斗) is a traditional Chinese unit of dry capacity for grain, equal to 10 sheng, whose value grew from about 2,000 mL in Han times to about 10,000 mL under the Ming and Qing.
Jin (斤) (mass)
The jin (斤) is a Chinese customary unit of mass, about 500 g in mainland China and around 600 g in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Li (里) (unit)
The li, also known as the Chinese mile (里), is a traditional Chinese unit of distance standardized as exactly 500 meters, though its length varied across dynasties.
Liang (mass)
The liang (两, 两), also called the tael or Chinese ounce, is a traditional Chinese unit of mass, 50 grams in mainland China and about 37.5 to 37.8 grams elsewhere.
Mu (亩/畝) (land)
The mu, also known as the Chinese acre, is a traditional Chinese unit of land area, fixed since 1959 at 666 ²⁄₃ square meters, one fifteenth of a hectare.
Tael
The tael is a traditional East Asian unit of weight, the Chinese liang (两), which in China also served as a money of account for uncoined silver.