Weights and Measures in Use in Taiwan

Length
Taiwan System Market System Metric System English System
1 ts'un (inch) 0.90909 ts'un 3.0303 cm 1.193 in.
1 ch'ih (foot) (=10 ts'un) 0.90909 ch'ih 0.30303 m 0.99419 ft
1.1 ts'un 1 ts'un (inch) (=10 fen) 3.3333 cm 1.3123 in.
1.1 ch'ih 1 ch'ih (=10 ts'un) 0.33333 m 1.0936 ft.
11 ch'ih 1 chang (=10 ch'ih) 3.3333 m 3.6453 yd.
1.650 ch'ih 1 li (=150 chang) 0.5 km 0.3107 mi

Area
Taiwan System Market System Metric System English System
1 p'ing (tsubo) 0.00496 mu 3.30579 sq. m 35.5896 sq. ft.
1 mu (=30 p'ing) 0.14876 mu 0.99174 are 0.02451 acre
1 chia (=2,934 p'ing) 14.5488 mu 96.9917 ares 2.39672 acres
- 1 sq. ch'ih (=100 sq. ts'un) 0.1111 sq. m 1.196 sq. ft.
3.361 p'ing 1 sq.chang (=100 sq. ch'ih) 11.1111 sq. m 13.28888 sq. yd.
25.7753 chia 1 sq. li (=22,500 sq. chang) 25 hectares 61.776 acres
20.1666 p'ing 1 fen (=6 sq. chang) 66.6666 sq. m 79.7328 sq. yd
6.72222 mu 1 mu (=10 fen) 6.66667 ares 0.16441 acre
6.8736 chia 1 ch'ing (=100 mu) 6.66667 hectares 16.441 acres

Weights
Taiwan System Market System Metric System English System
1 ch'ien 0.75 ch'ien 3.75 g 0.12056 oz.
1 liang (tael) (=10 ch'ien) 0.75 liang 37.5 g 1.2056 oz.
1 chin (catty) (=16 liang) 1.2 chin 0.6 kg 1.3228 lb.
1 tan (picul) (=100 chin) 1.2 tan 60 kg 132.277 lb.
1.3333 ch'ien 1 ch'ien 5 g 0.1764 oz.
1.3333 liang 1 liang (tael) 9=10 ch'ien) 50 g 1.7637 oz.
0.8333 chin 1 chin (catty) (=10 liang) 0.5 kg 1.1023 lb.
0.83333 tan 1 tan (picul) (=100 chin) 50 kg 110.231 lb.