Taiwanese units of measurement: Difference between revisions

'''{{tts|Taioaan thoanthorng ee tan'ui hexthorng}}''' ({{w|Taiwanese units of measurement}})

Linear measure ([[tngto]]) in Taiwan is largely metric ([[kongchiøq]], meter) but some units derived from traditional Japanese units of measurement remain in use.

*1 [[zhuxn]] = 3.030 cm

*1 [[chiøq]] ({{xl|taichiøq}}) = 10 zhuxn = 30.3 cm

*1 tng ({{xl|taitiong}}) = 10 chiøq = 3.3 m

*1 {{xl|tailie}} (Taiwanese mile): kofzar cidlie = 360 po

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 = 36 chiøq² = 3.306 m²

* 1 {{x|bor}} (畝) = 30 pheeng = 99.2 m²

* 1 {{x|kaq}} = 2,934 pheeng = 0.97 hectares (~2.4 acres)

* 1 {{x|lee}} = 5 kaq = 4.85 hectares

* {{tts|taiciøh|t=5}} (石)

**(metric: 1 ciøh = 10 tao)

* {{tts|taitao|t=5}} (斗) = 10 cyn

* {{tts|taicyn|t=5}} (升)

**1 cyn = 10 kab (十合)

== Weight / mass ==

Weight ([[taxngliong]])

* 1 [[lii (tan'ui)|lii]] (釐/厘) = 37.5 mg

* 1 [[hwn (taxngliong)|hwn]] (分) = 10 buun = 375 mg

* 1 [[Taicvii]] (台錢) = 10 hwn = 3.75 g

* 1 [[Tainiuo]] (台兩) = 10 cvii = 37.5 g (1.323 oz.)

* 1 [[Taikyn]] (台斤) = 16 Tainiuo = 600 g (1.323 lbs.)

* 1 [[tvax]] (擔) = 100 Taikyn = 60 kg (132.3 lbs.)

==Proverb==  

;{{tts|Cidkyn zablak niuo. Cidee pvoax kyn, cidee poeq niuo.}}

:One catty, 16 tael. One half catty, one half tael.