Difference between revisions of "Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Traditional-Units-of-Measurement"

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Hi, polyglots.

You may encounter units of measurements in foreign texts and wonder how much they are in units you are familiar with. Here is a list of them

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háo 毫	lí 釐	fēn 分	cùn 寸	chǐ 尺	bù 步	zhàng 丈	lǐ 里
3.33e-5	3.33e-4	3.33e-3	3.33e-2	3.33e-1	3.33e0	3.33e1	5.00e2

háo 毫	lí 釐	fēn 分	cùn 寸	chǐ 尺	bù 步	zhàng 丈	yǐn 引	lǐ 里
3.2e-1	3.2e-2	3.2e-3	3.2e-4	3.2e-5	1.6e0	3.2e0	3.2e1	5.76e2

mō 毛、毫	rin 厘、釐	bu 分	sun 寸	shaku 尺	ken; hiro 間；尋	jō 丈	chō 町	ri 里
3.030e-5	3.030e-4	3.030e-3	3.030e-2	3.030e-1	1.818e0	3.030e0	1.091e2	3.927e3

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 == Length ==
 === Chinese ===
+==== Republic of China, 1930 ====
+{| class="wikitable"
+|háo
+毫
+|lí
+釐
+|fēn
+分
+|cùn
+寸
+|chǐ
+尺
+|bù
+步
+|zhàng
+丈
+|lǐ
+里
+|-
+|3.33e-5
+|3.33e-4
+|3.33e-3
+|3.33e-2
+|3.33e-1
+|3.33e0
+|3.33e1
+|5.00e2
+|}
 ==== Republic of China, 1915 ====
 {| class="wikitable"
@@ Line 39: / Line 68: @@
 |}
-==== Republic of China, 1930 ====
+=== Japanese ===
 {| class="wikitable"
-|háo
+|mō
-毫
+毛、毫
-|lí
+|rin
-釐
+厘、釐
-|fēn
+|bu
 分
-|cùn
+|sun
 寸
-|chǐ
+|shaku
 尺
-|bù
+|ken; hiro
-步
+間；尋
-|zhàng
+|jō
 丈
-|lǐ
+|chō
+町
+|ri
 里
 |-
-|3.33e-5
+|3.030e-5
-|3.33e-4
+|3.030e-4
-|3.33e-3
+|3.030e-3
-|3.33e-2
+|3.030e-2
-|3.33e-1
+|3.030e-1
-|3.33e0
+|1.818e0
-|3.33e1
+|3.030e0
-|5.00e2
+|1.091e2
+|3.927e3
 |}