Cash or li () is a traditional
Chinese unit of weight.
The terms "cash" or "le" were documented to have been used by
British explorers in the 1830s when trading in
Qing territories of
China
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Under the
Hong Kong statute of the Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1 cash is about . Currently, it is
candareen or
catty, namely .
See also
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Chinese units of measurement
Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the ''shìzhì'' ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although Chinese numerals have been decimal (base-10) since the Shang dynasty, Shang, several Chine ...
References
External links
Chinese/Metric/Imperial Measurement Converter
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Units of mass
Chinese units in Hong Kong