Cash or li () is a traditional
Chinese unit of weight.
The terms "cash" or "le" were documented to have been used by
British
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explorers in the 1830s when trading in
Qing territories of
China.
Under the
Hong Kong statute of the Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1 cash is about . Currently, it is
candareen
A candareen (; Accessed from OED Online. ; Singapore English usage: hoon) is a traditional measurement of weight in East Asia. It is equal to 10 cash and is of a mace. It is approximately 378 milligrams. A troy candareen is approximately ...
or
catty
The catty, kati or , pronounced as jin in Mandarin and gan in Cantonese, is a traditional Chinese unit of mass used across East and Southeast Asia, notably for weighing food and other groceries in some wet markets, street markets, and shops ...
, namely .
See also
*
Chinese units of measurement
Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the ''shìzhì'' ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although Chinese numerals have been decimal (base-10) since the Shang, several Chinese measures us ...
References
External links
Chinese/Metric/Imperial Measurement Converter
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Units of mass
Chinese units in Hong Kong