Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the shìzhì ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although...

Taiwanese units of measurement (simplified Chinese: 台制; traditional Chinese: 臺制; pinyin: Táizhì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-chè; Hakka: Thòi-chṳ) are the customary...

fraction of a base unit. Many of the unusual units of measurements listed here are colloquial measurements, units devised to compare a measurement to common...

imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined...

A system of units of measurement, also known as a system of units or system of measurement, is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating...

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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...

Traditional Japanese units of measurement or the shakkanhō (尺貫法) is the traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago...

Korean units of measurement, called cheokgwan-beop (Korean: 척관법; Hanja: 尺貫法) or cheokgeun-beop (척근법; 尺斤法) in Korean, is the traditional system of measurement...

metric equivalents in these two places. These Chinese units of measurement are usually used in Chinese herbal medicine stores as well as gold and silver...

Vietnamese units of measurement (Vietnamese: hệ đo lường Việt Nam) are the largely decimal units of measurement traditionally used in Vietnam until metrication...

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Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement originated in the loosely organized city-states of Early Dynastic Sumer. Each city, kingdom and trade guild...

A mace (Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián; Hong Kong English usage: tsin; Southeast Asian English usage: chee) is a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in...

seconds. Chinese Buddhism, the texts from which the smallest units of traditional Chinese time are derived Chinese calendar Chinese units of measurement Date...

The traditional French units of measurement prior to metrication were established under Charlemagne during the Carolingian Renaissance. Based on contemporary...

(黔), province of China Mace (unit), or Qian, one of the Chinese units of measurement, equal to 5g Qian (hexagram), the first hexagram of the I Ching Qian...

A cun (Chinese: 寸 ts'wun), often glossed as the Chinese inch, is a traditional Chinese unit of length. Its traditional measure is the width of a person's...

meters. Chinese units of measurement United States Joint Publications Research Service (1963). Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Communist Chinese Usage...

Greek, and Byzantine units of measurement. The units of length seem to have originally been anthropic, based on various parts of the human body, although...

(Tongyong Pinyin chih) is a traditional Chinese unit of length. Although it is often translated as the "Chinese foot", its length was originally derived...

of almost 5 m2, but it is similarly uncommon. Japanese units of measurement Korean units of measurement Taiwanese units of measurement Chinese units of...

systems of weights and measures originate in the 3rd or 4th millennium BC. Even the very earliest civilizations needed measurement for purposes of agriculture...

of heights) Centimetre–gram–second system of units Chinese units of measurement Elevation Height gauge Imperial units International System of Units United...

process of converting to the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to...

in the Chinese units of measurement. 1 gram is roughly equal to the mass of 1 small paper clip or pen cap. The Japanese 1 yen coin has a mass of 1 gram...

yards) = 0.22 m Anthropic units Hand (unit) List of human-based units of measurement List of unusual units of measurement Units of measure Arthur Cornwallis...

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Mongolian units are the traditional units of measurement of the Mongolian people. Chinese, Taiwanese, Hong Kong, Korean, Japanese, & Vietnamese units of measure...

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