Li (area)

Li (simplified Chinese: 厘; traditional Chinese: 釐; pinyin: lí) is a traditional unit of measurement for land area in China mainland. One li is 1/10th of a fen or 1/100 of a mu, equals 6+2⁄3 square meters or 7.973 square yards. ^{[1] [2]}

Conversions

In 1929, the Nationalist government of China promulgated the Weights and Measures Act^[3] to adopt the metric system as the official standard and to limit the newer Chinese units of measurement to private sales and trade. These newer "market" units are based on rounded metric numbers, and has been effective on China mainland since 1 January 1930.^{[2] [4]}

Table of Chinese area units effective since 1930^[2]

Pinyin	Character	Relative value	Metric value	Imperial value	Notes
háo	毫	1⁄1000	2⁄3 m2	7.18 sq ft
lí	釐 (T) or 厘 (S)	1⁄100	6+2⁄3 m2	7.973 sq yd
fēn	市分	1⁄10	66+2⁄3 m2	79.73 sq yd
mǔ	畝 (T) or 亩 (S)	1	666+2⁄3 m2	797.3 sq yd 0.1647 acre	one mu (Chinese acre) =6000 square chi =60 square zhang =1/15 of a hectare
qǐng	頃 (T) or 顷 (S)	100	6+2⁄3 ha	16.47 acre	Chinese hide

For more details, please see article Mu (land).

See also

• Chinese units of measurement

References

1. Language Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2020). 新华字典 （附录：计量单位简表）(Xinhua Dictionary (Appendix: Brief table of measurement units)) (in Chinese) (12th ed.). Beijing: The Commercial Press. pp. 695–697. ISBN 978-7-100-17093-2.
2. "The Weights and Measures Act (1929)". Legislative Yuan. Archived from the original on 2014-04-25.
3. "The Weights and Measures Act: Legislative History". Ministry of Justice (Republic of China).
4. Britannica (2004-04-29). "mou: Chinese unit of measurement". Encyclopedia Britannica.