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Weights and Measures

China uses the metric system in weights and measures, and its earlier system is still widely used in some areas. The following is a conversion table.

 Length

 Metric

 Chinese

 English

 1 km 

 2 li 

 0.62 mile

 1.609 km 

 3.218 li 

 1 mile

 1 m  

 3 chi

 3.281 feet

 0.305 m  

 0.915 chi

 1 foot

 Weight

 Metric 

 Chinese

  Imperial

 1 kg  

 2 jin

 2.205 pounds

 0.454 kg 

 0.908 jin 

 1 pound

 Area

 Metric 

 Chinese 

 English

 1 hectare (ha)  

 15 mu

 2.47 acres

 0.067 hectare 

 1 mu 

 0.165 acre

 0.405 hectare 

 6.08 mu 

 1 acre

 Capacity

 Metric  

 Chinese

 English

 1 liter 

 1 sheng 

 0.22 gallon

 4.546 liters  

 4.546 sheng

 1 gallon

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