Fast converters for the Chinese units foreigners meet in recipes, land listings, old books and product specs: jin, mu, li and chi.
Convert Chinese jin and catty into kilograms, grams and pounds.
→Convert Chinese mu into acres, hectares and square meters.
→Convert Chinese li into kilometers, meters and miles.
→Convert Chinese chi into centimeters, inches and feet.
→Convert Chinese cun to centimeters, inches and feet. Free modern mainland China length calculator with formula and chart.
→Convert Chinese liang to grams, kilograms and ounces. Free mainland China weight calculator with formula and chart.
→Convert Chinese qian to grams and ounces. Free converter for Chinese medicine, tea, herbs and old weight references.
→Convert Chinese zhang to meters, centimeters and feet. Free modern Chinese length converter with formula and chart.
→Convert Chinese dan to kilograms and pounds. Free modern mainland China weight converter with formula and chart.
→Convert Chinese catty to pounds, kilograms and grams. Free mainland China catty converter with formula and chart.
→Convert Chinese qing to acres, hectares, mu and square meters. Free land area calculator with formula and chart.
→Convert Chinese sheng to liters, milliliters, cups and gallons. Free volume converter with formula and chart.
→Convert Chinese dou to liters, milliliters and gallons. Free capacity converter with formula and chart.
→Convert Chinese wan into normal Western numbers. Free converter for Chinese counts, prices, followers, salary and RMB notation.
→Convert Chinese yi into normal Western numbers, millions and billions. Free converter for large Chinese counts and RMB notation.
→Convert Chinese jiao to yuan and fen. Free RMB subunit converter with formula and chart.
→Convert Chinese fen to yuan and jiao. Free RMB subunit converter with formula and chart.
→Convert Chinese shichen to modern hours and minutes. Free converter for traditional Chinese time references.
→Convert Chinese ke to minutes and hours. Free converter for traditional Chinese time references.
→Convert square meters to Chinese mu, acres and hectares. Free land area calculator for China property and farm listings.
→Some Chinese units have a clean modern metric value on the mainland, but older texts and regional markets can use different historical values. Each tool states the assumption clearly at the top, so users know when the answer is exact and when context matters.
The main unit tools use current mainland China definitions, such as 1 jin = 0.5 kg and 1 mu = 666.67 square meters.
Older books, regional markets and traditional medicine references may use different historical values. Those cases are noted on the relevant converter page.
Read the Chinese units conversion chart for jin, catty, mu, li, chi, cun, liang, qian and source-context notes.
See the conversion methodology for the assumptions behind unit, currency, calendar and size converters.
1 modern mainland Chinese jin = 1.102 lb = 0.5 kg = 500 g.
→2 modern mainland Chinese jin = 1 kg = 1,000 g = about 2.205 lb.
→500 grams = 1 modern mainland Chinese jin = 0.5 kg = about 1.102 lb.
→10 mu = about 1.647 acres = 0.667 hectares = 6,666.7 square meters.
→20 mu = about 3.295 acres = 1.333 hectares = 13,333.3 square meters.
→1 modern Chinese li = 0.5 km = 500 meters = about 0.311 miles.
→10 modern Chinese li = 5 km = about 3.107 miles.
→1 modern Chinese chi = 33.33 cm = 13.12 inches = about 1.094 feet.
→1 modern Chinese jin = 0.5 kg = 500 g = about 1.102 lb.
→1 Chinese mu = 666.667 square meters = about 0.1647 acres = 0.0667 hectares.
→1 modern Chinese liang = 50 grams = 0.05 kg = about 1.764 ounces.
→1 modern Chinese cun = 3.333 cm = 1.312 inches.
→6 modern Chinese chi = 200 cm = 78.74 inches = about 6.56 feet.
→1 kg = 2 modern Chinese jin. 10 kg = 20 jin, and 50 kg = 100 jin.
→122 modern Chinese jin = 61 kg = about 134.48 lb.
→35 modern Chinese jin = 17.5 kg = about 38.58 lb.
→74 modern Chinese jin = 37 kg = about 81.57 lb.
→260 modern Chinese jin = 130 kg = about 286.60 lb.
→1 acre = about 6.0703 Chinese mu. 10 acres = about 60.703 mu.
→1 acre = about 6.0703 Chinese mu = 4,046.86 square meters = 0.4047 hectares.
→100 Chinese mu = about 16.47 acres = 66,666.7 square meters = 6.667 hectares.
→100 modern Chinese jin = 50 kg = about 110.23 lb.
→50 Chinese mu = about 8.2368 acres = 33,333.3 square meters = 3.333 hectares.
→500 Chinese mu = about 82.37 acres = 333,333 square meters = 33.33 hectares.
→1000 Chinese mu = about 164.74 acres = 666,667 square meters = 66.67 hectares.
→1 mainland Chinese catty = 1 jin = 0.5 kg = about 1.102 lb = 500 g.
→100 mainland Chinese catty = 50 kg = about 110.23 lb.
→90 mainland Chinese catty = 45 kg = about 99.21 lb.
→120 mainland Chinese catty = 60 kg = about 132.28 lb.
→110 pounds is about 49.9 kg, which is about 99.8 mainland Chinese catty.
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