In Taiwan, 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of mass, = 1000 kilograms, a metric ton.¹
In the pinyin transliteration now used almost universally, this is the dūn 吨, or gōngzhi dānwèi 公 职 單 位.
1. United Nations, 1966.
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