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*{{tts|tailie|t=5}} (Taiwanese mile): kofzar cidlie = 360 po | *{{tts|tailie|t=5}} (Taiwanese mile): kofzar cidlie = 360 po | ||
==Biexnzeg | == Biexnzeg == | ||
Unlike with other measures, area ([[biexnzeg]]) continues to be almost exclusively measured with traditional rather than SI units. Taiwanese units of land measurement derive from both traditional Dutch and Japanese measurements. The principal unit of land measure, the [[kaq (tan'ui)|kaq]] | Unlike with other measures, area ([[biexnzeg]]) continues to be almost exclusively measured with traditional rather than SI units. The principal unit for measuring the floorspace of an office or apartment, the [[pheeng]] derives from the Japanese ''tsubo''. Taiwanese units of land measurement derive from both traditional Dutch and Japanese measurements. The principal unit of land measure, the [[kaq (tan'ui)|kaq]], derives from the obsolete Dutch unit of measure ''morgen'', which was introduced in Taiwan's era of Dutch colonization; or from the Dutch word for "field", ''akker''. The ''[[lee (tan'ui)|lee]]'' represented the area that could be farmed by one man with one head of oxen and one plow. | ||
* 1 pheeng | * 1 pheeng = 36 chiøq² = 3.306 m² | ||
* 1 bor (畝) = 30 pheeng = 99.2 m² | * 1 bor (畝) = 30 pheeng = 99.2 m² | ||
* 1 | * 1 kaq = 2,934 pheeng = 0.97 hectares (~2.4 acres) | ||
* 1 | * 1 lee = 5 kaq = 4.85 hectares | ||
* (1 [[hwn (biexnzeg)|hwn]] | * (1 [[hwn (biexnzeg)|hwn]] = 9.8 bor = 0.1 kaq) | ||
==Iongliong (容量, ''volume'')== | ==Iongliong (容量, ''volume'')== | ||