The fen ( zh, t=分, s=分 , p=fēn) in
Mandarin
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
, fan in Cantonese or hun in Taiwanese, is a traditional Chinese unit of length. One ''fen'' equals 1/10 of a ''
cun'' or 1/100 of a ''
chi''. It is 3+1⁄3 mm in China mainland, 3.71475 mm in Hong Kong and 3.030 mm in Taiwan.
China mainland
Hong Kong and Macau
These correspond to the measures listed simply as "China" in ''The Measures, Weights, & Moneys of All Nations''.
Taiwan
Length measure in Taiwan is largely metric but some units derived from traditional Japanese units of measurement remain in use as a legacy of
Japanese rule.
Taiwanese length units and the translation of length units in
metric system (SI) shares the same character. The adjective ''Taiwanese'' () can be added to address the Taiwanese unis system. For example, means Taiwanese foot and means
meter
The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of of ...
.
Compounds
* "" is a Chinese word which literally means ''fen'' and ''cun'', two traditional Chinese units of length; figuratively, it refers to the sense of propriety, or the proper degree for saying or doing something. For example, "" (Pay attention to the sense of propriety in speaking.)
See also
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Fen (land)
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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 ...
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Taiwanese units of measurement
Taiwanese units of measurement (; Hakka: Thòi-chṳ) are the customary and traditional units of measure used in Taiwan. The Taiwanese units formed in the 1900s when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The system mainly refers to Japanese system. T ...
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Hong Kong units of measurement
Hong Kong has three main systems of units of measurement in current use:
* The Chinese units of measurement of the Qing Empire (no longer in widespread use in mainland China);
* British Imperial units; and
* The metric system.
In 1976 the Hong ...
References
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Units of length
Customary units of measurement