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Jin (mass)

Jin
A traditional Chinese scale
Chinese市制
Literal meaningmarket system
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinshìzhì
Wade–Gilesshih-chih
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese市用制
Literal meaningmarket-use system
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinshìyòngzhì
Wade–Gilesshih-yung-chih
A spring scale in Hong Kong shows conversions between metric system (in red), traditional Chinese unit (in green) and British Imperial Units (in blue)

Jin (Chinese: ; pinyin: jīn), or gan in Cantonese, kin in Taiwanese and Japanese, also called "Chinese pound" or "catty"[a], 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 jin ranges between 500 and 605 grams in different places: 500 grams in mainland China,[2] 600 grams in Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Thailand, [3] [4] 604.78982 grams in Hong Kong,[5] 604.5 grams historically in Vietnam,[6] and 604.8 grams in Singapore and Malaysia.[7] [8] The Jin system is mostly used in the traditional markets, and famous for measuring gold, silver and Chinese medicines. [2] [4]

  1. ^ "catty". Oxford English Dictionary.
  2. ^ a b the State Council of the People's Republic of China (1959). "国务院关于统一我国计量制度的命令 (Order of the State Council on unifying my country's measurement system, No. 180 )" (PDF) (in Chinese). pp. 311–312.
  3. ^ Weights and Measures in Use in Taiwan Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine from the Republic of China Yearbook – Taiwan 2001.
  4. ^ a b "Regulation on Approval and Notification of Herbal (crude) Medicinal Preparations, Etc". Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
  5. ^ "Weights and Measures Ordinance". Laws of Hong Kong.
  6. ^ "Vietnam, weights". Historical Vietnamese measurements of mass.
  7. ^ "Weights and Measures Act". Statutes of the Republic of Singapore.
  8. ^ "Weights and Measures Act 1972". Laws of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.


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