The fen () in
Mandarin
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* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
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** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
, fan in Cantonese or hun in Taiwanese, is a traditional
Chinese unit of measurement for land area. One ''fen'' equals 1/10th of a ''
mu'' in China mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Conversions
In China mainland,
*1915 ~ 1929: 1 ''fen'' = 1⁄10 ''mu'' = 61.44 square meters = 73.48 square yards
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*1930 ~ present: 1 ''fen'' = 1⁄10 ''mu'' = 66+2⁄3 square meters = 79.73 square yards.
In Hong Kong and Macau, 1 ''fen'' = 1⁄10 ''mu'' = 76.14 square meters = 91.06 square yards.
[''Law No. 14/92/M'' ( ;]
Lei n.o 14/92/M
In Taiwan and Japan, 1 ''fen'' = 1⁄10 ''jia'' = 969.92 square meters = 10,440 square feet.
Taiwan used to be ruled by Holand and then by Japan. Its measurement system was influenced by these two countries. And 1 ''fen'' has been set to be 1/10 of a ''Jia'' instead of a ''mu''.
For details, please see article
Mu (land)
The mu () in Mandarin, mau or mou in Cantonese, or bo in Taiwanese Hokkien, also called Chinese acre, is a traditional Chinese unit of measurement for land area. One ''mu'' equals 666.67 square meters in mainland China, 761.4 square meters in Ho ...
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Idioms
* ''One mu and three fen of land,'' or ''1.3 mu of land'' () is a Chinese idiom that figuratively refers to someone's small personal domain or limited territory, often implying a narrow scope of influence or control.
It is also the name of a Chinese website
1Point3Acres.
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 ...
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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 area
Customary units of measurement