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Show WEIGHTS & MEASURES CHINESE WEIGHT 16 Rfej liang (T.) = i fy' chin (catty).* 100 y j " chin = i JJU tan (picid). 120 yy" chin = i ,/pj shih (stone). * The catty is i i lbs. avoirdupois. LONG MEASURE io Af* fen = 1 ~Vj ts'un (inch). io ~*y ts'un = i J^ ch'ih (foot).t io / \ ch'ih = i 7^ chang. t The Chinese foot is 14.i inches English. | LAND MEASURE 4 J*! chi'o = 1 ]{$ mow = 26.73 sq. poles.; 100 mtf mow = 1 £ | | ch'ing= 16.7 acres. Or, the same as the Money table below, substitu-ing 'mft mow for <^§, and omitting the last line a! together. 10 -£y- ko 10 J\ sheng 10 2A' tou CAPACITY = 1 Jy sheng (pint). = 1 Af tou (peck). == 1 A\ s^'S 36 ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS = 16 piculs, 80 catties = 84 catties = A of a catty or 12 taels - 3 taels = 1.19047 cwt. = 1.333 oz. av- = 37-783 grammes = 1.333 "xs- av. =604.53 ,, = 133.33 >> "60.453 kilogr. = I5Q-99 ,, = 72-544 >, LAND MEASURE = 0.486 inch = 5.5 feet = 486.176 yards = 3.0 miles = 69.0 miles = 7260 feet or 797.89 square yards 100 mail or 1 king --= 70789.06 square yards • r 10 %Q hu IO | £ ssu 10 *M" hao 10 TM 8 10 f-A ^n io f[:g mace MONEY = *, | $ ssfi = 1 'Jf* hao = 1 -jig li = 1 <yrf* fen (cand.) = 1 ^ g ch'ien (mace) = 1 jlpj liang (tael) 37 |