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Words: Units of measurement
Length
| 长度 | chang² du⁴ | length |
| 宽度 | kuan¹ du⁴ | width |
| 高度 | gao¹ du⁴ | height |
| Metric | |||||
| Mainland China, Hong Kong etc. | Taiwan | ||||
| km | 公里 | gong¹ li³ | 公里 | gong¹ li³ | kilometre |
| km | 千米 | qian¹ mi³ | 公里 | gong¹ li³ | kilometre |
| m | 米 | mi³ | 公尺 | gong¹ chi³ | metre |
| dm | 分米 | fen¹ mi³ | 公寸 | gong¹ cun⁴ | decimetre |
| cm | 厘米 | li² mi³ | 公分 | gong¹ fen¹ | centimetre |
| mm | 毫米 | hao² mi³ | 公厘 | gong¹ li² | millimetre |
| Chinese (traditional) | |||
| 500 m | 里 | li³ | mile |
| 33 ⅓ m | 引 | yin³ | |
| 3 ⅓ m | 丈 | zhang⁴ | |
| 33 ⅓ cm | 尺 | chi³ | foot |
| 3 ⅓ cm | 寸 | cun⁴ | inch |
| Imperial (english) | |||
| mi | 英里 | ying¹ li³ | mile |
| yd | 码 | ma³ | yard |
| ft | 英尺 | ying¹ chi³ | foot |
| in | 英寸 | yin¹ cun⁴ | inch |
Area
| 面积 | mian⁴ ji¹ | area |
| 平方… | ping² fang¹ ... | square ... |
| Metric | |||
| km2 | 平方公里 | ping² fang¹ gong¹ li³ | square kilometre |
| ha | 公顷 | gong¹ qing³ | hectare |
| a | 公亩 | gong³ mu³ | are |
| m2 | 平方米 | ping² fang¹ mi³ | square metre |
| cm2 | 平方厘米 | ping² fang¹ li² mi³ | square centimetre |
Volume
| 体积 | ti³ ji¹ | volume |
| 立方… | li⁴ fang¹ ... | cubic ... |
| Metric | |||
| m3 | 立方米 | li⁴ fang mi³ | cubic metre |
| cm3 | 立方厘米 | li⁴ fang li² mi³ | cubic centimetre |
| l | 公升 | (gong¹) sheng¹ | litre |
| dl | 分升 | fen¹ sheng¹ | decilitre |
| cl | 厘升 | li² sheng¹ | centilitre |
| ml | 毫升 | hao² sheng¹ | millilitre |
Mass
| 重量 | zhong⁴ liang⁴ | weight, mass |
| Metric | |||
| t | 吨 | dun¹ | tonne |
| kg | 公斤 | gong¹ jin¹ | kilogram |
| kg | 千克 | qian¹ ke⁴ | kilogram |
| g | 克 | ke⁴ | gram |
| mg | 毫克 | hao² ke⁴ | milligram |
| Chinese (traditional) | |||
| 50 kg | 担 | dan⁴ | hundredweight |
| 500 g | 斤 | jin¹ | pound |
| 50 g | 两 | liang³ | ounce |
Time
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SI prefixes
| 1024 | Y | 尧 | yao²   | yotta- |
| 1024 | Y | 佑 | you⁴  | yotta- |
| 1021 | Z | 泽 | ze² | zetta- |
| 1021 | Z | 皆 | jie¹ | zetta- |
| 1018 | E | 艾 | ai⁴ | exa- |
| 1015 | P | 拍 | pai¹ | peta- |
| 1012 | T | 太 | tai⁴ | tera- |
| 1012 | T | 兆 | zhao⁴ | tera- |
| 109 | G | 吉 | ji² | giga- |
| 106 | M | 兆 | zhao⁴ | mega- |
| 106 | M | 百万 | bai³ wan⁴ | mega- |
| 104 | ma | 万 | wan⁴ | myria- |
| 103 | k | 千 | qian¹ | kilo- |
| 102 | h | 百 | bai³ | hecto- |
| 101 | da | 十 | shi² | deca- |
| 10-1 | d | 分 | fen¹ | deci- |
| 10-2 | c | 厘 | li² | centi- |
| 10-3 | m | 毫 | hao² | milli- |
| 10-4 | mo | 丝 | si¹ | myrio- |
| 10-6 | µ | 微 | wei² | micro- |
| 10-9 | n | 纳 | na⁴ | nano- |
| 10-9 | n | 奈 | nai⁴ | nano- |
| 10-12 | p | 皮 | pi² | pico- |
| 10-15 | f | 飞 | fei¹ | femto- |
| 10-18 | a | 阿 | a¹ | atto- |
| 10-21 | z | 仄 | ze⁴ | zepto- |
| 10-21 | z | 介 | jie⁴ | zepto- |
| 10-24 | y | 幺 | yao¹ | yocto- |
| 10-24 | y | 攸 | you¹ | yocto- |