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Dan (mass)
Dan (simplified Chinese: 担; traditional Chinese: 擔; pinyin: dàn),[a] or Daam in Cantonese, Tan in Japanese and Taiwanese, also called "Chinese hundredweight" or "picul"[b], is a traditional Chinese unit for weight measurement in East Asia. It originated in China before being introduced to neighboring countries. Nowaday, the mass of 1 dan equals 100 jin or 50 kg in mainland China,[4] 60 kg in Taiwan and Japan, [5] [6] and 60.478982 kg in Hong Kong,[7] Singapore and Malaysia.[8] [9] Dan is mostly used in the traditional markets. [4] [6]
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- ^ "《重編國語辭典修訂本》臺灣學術網路第六版 ("Revised Edition of the Chinese Dictionary" Taiwan Academic Network Sixth Edition)". 中華民國教育部 (Ministry of Education of the Republic of China).
- ^ "Oxford English Dictionary".
- ^ a b (in Chinese) 1959 Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, No. 180, pages 311 to 312
- ^ Weights and Measures in Use in Taiwan Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine from the Republic of China Yearbook – Taiwan 2001.
- ^ a b "Regulation on Approval and Notification of Herbal (crude) Medicinal Preparations, Etc". Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
- ^ "Weights and Measures Ordinance". Laws of Hong Kong.
- ^ "Weights and Measures Act". Statutes of the Republic of Singapore.
- ^ "Weights and Measures Act 1972". Laws of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.
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