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 * Chhieh
 * A foot. (Twelve English inches.)


 * 丈
 * Tñg
 * Ten feet.


 * 步
 * Pōu
 * Huáh
 * A pace.


 * 碼
 * Bā
 * Bé
 * A yard.


 * 尋
 * Siâm
 * A fathom.


 * 量
 * Nièⁿ
 * To measure.


 * 四方
 * Sì-pang
 * A square.


 * 三角
 * Saⁿ-kak
 * A triangle.


 * 斗
 * Táu
 * A bushel (rice.)


 * 石
 * Chiéh
 * Ten bushels.


 * 厘秤
 * Lî-chhìn


 * 天平
 * Thien-phêng
 * A small scale.


 * 柴秤
 * Tshâ-chhìn
 * A steelyard.


 * 秤錘
 * Chhìn-thûi
 * A weight.


 * 頂
 * Téng
 * To weigh.


 * 頂減
 * Téng-siám
 * To cheat in weighing.


 * 秤. 正
 * Chhìn chhiàⁿ
 * A correct scale.


 * 秤. 細
 * Chhìn siám
 * An incorrect scale.