1. Length

2. Area

3. Volume

4. Mass

5. See also

6. Notes

7. References

8. External links

Taiwanese units of measurement (Chinese: {{lang|zh-tw|臺制}}, Taiwanese: Tâi-chè, Hakka: Thòi-chṳ, Mandarin: Táizhì) are the customary and traditional units of measure used in Taiwan. The Taiwanese units formed in the 1900s when Taiwan under Japanese rule. The system mainly refers to Japanese system with some units derived from the Qing era Chinese units and Dutch era Dutch units. The Taiwanese units are pronounced in Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka before the World War II and adopted by the Mandarin speaking immigrants from China in 1949. Today, the Taiwanese units are used exclusively, in some cases alongside official metric (SI) units, and in other cases they have been supplanted by metric units. Linguistically, practically all Taiwanese units of measure are Chinese classifiers used to classify nouns.

Note that although the Taiwanese units have similar names to those in Chinese units of measurement and Hong Kong units of measurement, the standard is different to those used in China or Hong Kong.

Length

Linear measure in Taiwan is largely metric but some units derived from traditional Japanese units of measurement remain in use as a legacy of Japanese rule.

Taiwanese length units and the translation of length units in Metric system (SI) shares the same character. The adjective Taiwanese ({{lang|zh-tw|台}}) can be added to address the Taiwanese unis system. For example, {{lang|zh-tw|台尺}} means Taiwanese foot and {{lang|zh-tw|公尺}} means meter.

Area

Unlike with other measures, area continues to be almost commonly measured with traditional units. Taiwanese units of area are derived from both traditional Dutch and Japanese measurements. The principal unit for measuring the floor space of an office or apartment is {{lang|zh-tw|坪}} (Taiwanese: pêⁿ ^[1], Hakka: phiàng, Mandarin: píng). The unit is derives from the Japanese tsubo, the base unit of the Japanese area. The principal unit of land measure is {{lang|zh-tw|甲}} (Taiwanese: kah, Hakka: kap, Mandarin: jiǎ). The unit is derived from the obsolete Dutch morgen, which was introduced during Taiwan's Dutch era. In the later era Kingdom of Tungning, {{lang|zh-tw|犁}} (Taiwanese: lê, Hakka: lài, Mandarin: lí) is defined to represent the area that could be farmed by one man with one ox and one plow in one day. Today, the rule for converting the two major units from two different sources is

Officially, land area is measured in hectares and square kilometers.^[3]

Volume

Volume measure in Taiwan is largely metric, with common units such as liter and milliliter.

Mass

Packaged goods in Taiwan largely use metric measurements but bulk foodstuffs sold in wet markets and supermarkets are typically measured with units derived from traditional Japanese units of mass, which are similar but not equivalent to corresponding Chinese units of mass.

Note the tael and catty are widely used.

See also

• Units, Systems, & History of measurement
• Chinese & Hong Kong units of measurement
• Japanese, Korean, Mongolian & Vietnamese units of measurement

Notes

References

• {{cite web |url=http://twblg.dict.edu.tw/holodict_new/ |script-title=zh:臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 |year=2011 |trans-title=Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan |publisher=Ministry of Education, R.O.C. |language=Chinese |accessdate=January 25, 2015 |ref={{harvid|MOE|2011}} }}
• {{cite book |last=Andrade |first=Tonio |year=2005 |title=How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century |url=http://www.gutenberg-e.org/andrade/ |publisher=Columbia University Press |chapter=Appendix A: Weights, Measures, and Exchange Rates |chapter-url=http://www.gutenberg-e.org/andrade/appA.html |ref=harv}}

External links

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101229224604/http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/2001/appendix6.htm Weights and Measures in Use in Taiwan]

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