Английская Википедия:Candareen
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox Chinese A candareen (Шаблон:IPAc-en;[1] Шаблон:Zh;[2] Singapore English usage: hoon[3]) is a traditional measurement of weight in East Asia. It is equal to 10 cash and is Шаблон:Frac of a mace. It is approximately 378 milligrams. A troy candareen is approximately Шаблон:Convert.
In Hong Kong, one candareen is 0.3779936375 grams[2] and, in the Weights and Measures Ordinance, it is Шаблон:Frac ounces avoirdupois. In Singapore, one candareen is 0.377994 grams.[3]
The word candareen comes from the Malay kandūri.[1] An earlier English form of the name was condrin.[1] The candareen was also formerly used to describe a unit of currency in imperial China equal to 10 li (Шаблон:Lang) and is Шаблон:Frac of a mace. The Mandarin Chinese word fēn is used to denote Шаблон:Frac of a Chinese renminbi yuan but the term candareen for that currency is now obsolete.
Postal denomination
On 1 May 1878 the Imperial Maritime Customs was opened to the public and China's first postage stamps, the "Large Dragons" (Шаблон:Zh), were issued to handle payment. The stamps were inscribed "CHINA" in both Latin and Chinese characters, and denominated in candareens.[4]
See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of China#Imperial China
- Chinese units of measurement
- Economy of China
- Economic history of China (Pre-1911)
- Economic history of China (1912–1949)
References
Шаблон:Currency units of China Шаблон:Monetary weight units of China Шаблон:Chinese currency and coinage
Шаблон:Money-stub
Шаблон:China-stub
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:OED Accessed from OED Online.
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany: Shelfmark: HE6185.C55 T33 1989|title: 大龍郵票與清代郵史 / 中國郵票博物館 編 Ta-lung yu-p'iao yü Ch'ing-tai yu-shih / Chung-kuo yu-p'iao po-wu-kuan pien |Published: 香港 : 商務印書館 Hsiang-kang : Shang-wu yin-shu-kuan, 1989 |Description: 212 p.: col. ill.|Шаблон:ISBN |Language: chi.; eng.|Corp. body: 中國郵票博物館 Chung-kuo yu-p'iao po-wu-kuan|Parallel Title: A picture album of The Large Dragon Stamps and the postal history of the Qing Dynasty|Subjects: Postage-stamps - China - History
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