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China, market system (shìzhì 市制)
units of length

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.

							lĭ
						yin	15
					zhang 丈	10	150
				chi	10	100	1,500
			cun 寸	10	100	1000	15,000
		fēn 分	10	100	1000	10,000	150,000
	lí	10	100	1000	10,000	100,000	1,500,000
hào 毫	10	100	1000	10,000	100,000	1,000,000	15,000,000
33⅓ μm	⅓ mm	3⅓ mm	3⅓ cm	⅓ m	3⅓ m	33⅓ m	500 m
0.0013 in	0.0131 in	0.1312 in	1.312 in	1.094 ft	3.645 yd	36.454 yd	546.8 yd

The metric equivalents are exact; the English units approximate.

China, market system (shìzhì 市制) units of length

China, market system (shìzhì 市制)
units of length