Cash (unit)

For other uses, see Chinese cash (disambiguation).

Cash or li (simplified Chinese: 厘; traditional Chinese: 釐 or 厘; pinyin: lí) is a traditional Chinese unit of weight.

The terms "cash" or "le" were documented to have been used by British explorers in the 1830s when trading in Qing territories of China.

Under the Hong Kong statute of the Weights and Mesaures Ordinance, 1 cash is about 0.0013 ounces (0.037 g). Currently, it is ​¹⁄₁₀ candareen or ​¹⁄₁₆₀₀₀ catty, namely 3.779936375 milligrams (0.05833333269 gr).

See also

• Chinese units of measurement

External links

• Chinese/Metric/Imperial Measurement Converter

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