Measurements:
Measurement in Chinese is 测量 cè liáng. 测 means to gauge or survey whilst 量 on it's own means to measure.
1. Weight:
The word for weight in Chinese is 重量 zhòng liàng.
China uses kilograms, BUT, rather than list something as 10 kilograms, in China it's actually spoken as 20 jin's (斤).
A 斤 jīn is 500 grams. So when asking for a 2 kilogram bag of apples you don't ask for 2 kilograms, but 4 jīn's!
If you see the jīn 斤 character in markets, it's referring to 500g.
FOR EXAMPLE : 三斤 = 100人民币 would be 3 jin's (1.5 kilograms) is 100 Kuai.
• 5 kilograms = 10 斤 (jīn)
• 25 kilograms = 50 斤 (jīn)
• 45 kilograms = 90 斤 (jīn)
...and so forth.
You'll see the 斤 (jīn) in markets a lot, even some supermarkets.
Here are some of those familiar measurements in Chinese:
• Gram 克 kè
• Milligram 毫克 háo kè
• Kilogram 公斤 gōng jīn
• Ton 吨 dūn
• Pound 镑 bàng
• Ounce 盎司 àng sī
The table below is showing the conversions from metric to Chinese and to the traditional Imperial system of pounds and ounces.
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2. Height:
The word for Height in Chinese is 高度 gāo dù.
• Length 长, 长度 cháng, cháng dù
• Width 宽度 kuān dù
• Metre 米 mǐ
• Millimetre 毫米 háo mǐ
• Centimetre 厘米 lí mǐ
• Kilometre 公里 gōng lǐ
• Mile 英里 yīng lǐ
• Inch 英寸 yīng cùn
• Foot 英尺 yīng chǐ
• Yard 码 mǎ
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3. Volume, Capacity & Area:
1 升 (shēng) simply = 1 litre.
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