In 1930, the government in Nanjing defined 1 shi chi = 1 gongchi = 1 meter.
The shì zhì system is an example of converting to the metric system by assigning metric values to traditional units, as the French themselves did in the Système Usuel.
15 |
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10 |
150 |
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10 |
100 |
1,500 |
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10 |
100 |
1000 |
15,000 |
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10 |
100 |
1000 |
10,000 |
150,000 |
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10 |
100 |
1000 |
10,000 |
100,000 |
1,500,000 |
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10 |
100 |
1000 |
10,000 |
100,000 |
1,000,000 |
15,000,000 |
|
33 1/3 |
1/3 |
3 1/3 |
3 1/3 |
1/3 |
3 1/3 |
33 1/3 |
500 |
0.0013 |
0.0131 |
0.1312 |
1.312 |
1.094 |
3.645 |
36.454 |
546.8 |
The metric equivalents are exact; the English units approximate.
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