Taiwanese units of measurement are the customary and traditional units of measure used in Taiwan. The Taiwanese units formed in the 1900s when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The system mainly refers
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Fruit sold in catties (斤) in a Taiwanese market
Liang (mass)
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Liang, or leung in Cantonese, liae in Wenzhounese, liong in Hakka, lian in Shanghainese, also called "Chinese ounce" or "tael", is a traditional Chinese unit for weight measurement. It originated in C
Taiwanese units of measurement
…Chinese units of mass. Imported goods from the US also retains its weight in ounces, although most such packages also lists the weight in grams. Note the tael and catty are widely used. Units, Systems, & History of measurement…
A spring scale in Hong Kong shows conversions between metric system (in red), traditional Chinese unit (in green) and British Imperial Units (in blue)
Gold lạng (Tael) of Tự Đức.