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'''Taioaan thoanthorng ee tan'ui hexthorng''' ({{w|Taiwanese units of measurement}}) si [[Taioaan]] thong'iong ee [[tan'ui]] [[hexthorng]] ciid.
'''Taioaan thoanthorng ee tan'ui hexthorng''' ({{w|Taiwanese units of measurement}})


==Tngto (長度, ''Linear measure'')==
== Linear measure ==
Linear measure in Taiwan is largely metric ([[kongchiøq]], meter) but some units derived from traditional Japanese units of measurement remain in use.
Linear measure (''[[tngto]]'') in Taiwan is largely metric (see ''[[kongchiøq]]'') but some units derived from traditional Japanese units of measurement remain in use.
*1 [[zhuxn]] (寸, J: sun, E: inch) = 3.030 cm
*1 [[chiøq]] (尺, J: shaku, E: foot; [[taichiøq]]) = 10 zhuxn = 30.3 cm
*1 [[taitiong]] (台丈; J: ?) = 3.3 m
*[[tailie]] (Taiwanese mile)


==Biexnzeg (面積, ''area'')==
* 1-[[zhuxn]] = 3.030 cm
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]] (阿甲), 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 principal unit for measuring the floorspace of an office or apartment, the [[pheeng]], like the Korean pyeong, derives from the Japanese tsubo ([[wikt:坪#Japanese|坪]]), and is the size of two standard-sized [[Thathafmiq|tatami]]s. The [[løee]] represented the area that could be farmed by one man with one head of oxen and one plow.
* 1-[[chiøq]] = 10-zhuxn = 30.3 cm
* 1-{{x|tng}} = 10-chiøq = 3.3 m
* 1-[[lie (tan'ui)|lie]]: kofzar cidlie = 360-[[po (tan'ui)|po]]


* 1 pheeng ([[wikt:坪|坪]]) = 3.31 square meters
These units can be called ''taizhuxn'', ''taichiøq'', ''taitiong'', ''tailie'', respectively.
* 1 bor ([[wikt:畝|畝]]) = 30 pheeng = 99.2 square meters
* 1 [[kaq]] ([[wikt:甲|甲]]) = 2934 pheeng = 9699 square meters (2.39672 acres)
* 1 [[løee]] ([[wikt:犁|犁]]) = 5 kaq = 14670 pheeng = 48496 square meters


* 1 [[hwn (biexnzeg)|hwn]] (分) = 9.78 bor
== Biexnzeg ==
* 1 kaq = 10 hwn
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 [[pvii (tan'ui)|pvii]] 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 ''[[løee (tan'ui)|løee]]'' represented the area that could be farmed by one man with one head of oxen and one plow.


==Iongliong (容量, ''volume'')==
* 1 pvii = 36 chiøq² = 3.306 m²
* [[Taiciøh]]
* 1 {{x|bor}} (畝) = 30 pvii = 99.2 m²
* [[Taitao]]
* 1 {{x|kaq}} = 2934 pvii = 0.97 [[hectare]]s (~2.4 acres)
* [[Taicyn]]
* 1-tviw løee = 5 kaq = 4.85 hectares
* (1 [[hwn (biexnzeg)|hwn]] = 9.8 bor = 0.1 kaq)


==Taxngliong (重量, ''weight/mass'')==
== Volume ==
* 1 lii (釐/厘, {{w|cash (unit)}}) = 37.5 mg
Volume ([[thefzeg]])
* 1 [[hwn]] (分, {{w|candareen}}) = 10 buun = 375 mg
* {{gs|ciøh|石|~100 L}} / {{x|taiciøh|t=5}}
* 1 [[cvii (tan'ui)|cvii]] (錢, {{w|mace (measurement)}}) = 10 hwn = 3.75 g
** (metric: 1 ciøh = 10 tao)
* 1 [[niuo]] (兩, {{w|tael}}) = 10 cvii = 37.5 g (1.323 oz.)
* {{gs|tao|斗|~10 L}} / {{x|taitao|t=5}}  
* 1 kyn/kwn (斤, {{w|catty}}, [[Taikyn]]) = 16 niuo = 600 g (1.323 lbs.)
** 1 tao = 10 cyn
* 1 [[tvax]] (擔, {{w|picul}}) = 100 Taikyn = 60 kg (132.3 lbs.)
* {{gs|cyn|升|~[[litre]] (L)}} / {{x|taicyn|t=5}}
** 1 cyn = 10 {{gs|kab|合|~0.1 L}}


Note: one 兩 (M: liǎng) is 50 g in modern China.
== Weight or mass ==
Proverb: Cidkyn zablak niuo. Cidee pvoax kyn, cidee poeq niuo.
Weight ([[taxngliong]]):
* 1 [[lii (tan'ui)|lii]] = 37.5 mg
* 1 [[hwn (taxngliong)|hwn]] = 10 buun = 375 mg
* 1 [[Taicvii|cvii]] = 10 hwn = 3.75 g
* 1 [[Tainiuo|niuo]] = 10 cvii = 37.5 g (1.323 oz.)
* 1 [[Taikyn|kyn]] = 16 niuo = 600 g (1.323 lbs.)
* 1 [[tvax (tan'ui)|tvax]] (擔) = 100 kyn = 60 kg (132.3 lbs.)
 
== Proverb ==
; {{x|Cidkyn zablak niuo. Pvoax kyn pøeq niuo.}}
: One catty, 16 tael. One half catty, eight tael.


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