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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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Length
Chinese
Republic of China, 1915
| unit | length in metre | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| háo
毫 |
3.2e-5 | ||
| lí
釐 |
3.2e-4 | ||
| fēn
分 |
3.2e-3 | cùn
寸 |
3.2e-2 |
| chǐ
尺 |
3.2e-1 | ||
| bù
步 |
1.6e0 | ||
| zhàng
丈 |
3.2e0 | ||
| yǐn
引 |
3.2e1 | ||
| lǐ
里 |
5.76e2 |