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Q: Weird Chinese measurements (like "jin")

Beside the commonly used "jin“ （斤） ，what other weird measurements are used in China? Follow up question, what are their conversions?

 

 

13 years 48 weeks ago in  Teaching & Learning - China

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1万 is 10 000, 1亿 is 10 000 000.

It seems weird at first, but it's really hard to think "ten thousand" instead of "yi wan" once you get used to it.

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Mu. It's like 6 hectares I think

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